Gab, online paradise for the Pittsburgh actress, finds a new home with the Seattle area company
Gab.com, a two year old "free speech" social media area that became a haven for right extremists who felt restricted by Twitter and Facebook's content-sharing policy, came under a recent investigation last week after the disclosure that the Pittsburgh synagogue shooting suspect expressed its antisemitic views there.
One day after shooting, Robert Bowers allegedly suspected a Pittsburgh synagogue and shot deeply 11 congregants this weekend, Gab went offline. Domain Registrar GoDaddy had threatened to withdraw its support from the website, and companies such as PayPal, Medium, Stripe and hosting service Joyent blocked it.
However, Gab seems to have found a new online home: Epik Inc., a domain name-based company based in Sammamish, Washington, according to Washington's prime minister's website.
In a press release on Saturday, Epik's CEO Rob Monster explained why he had decided to support Gab's cause.
Although I did not make the decision easy to accept this domain registration, I look forward to working with a young, and once brash CEO who makes brave doing something that looks good, " Monster wrote: "When I reflect on my own journey as a truth-seeking technological entrepreneur, I have no doubt that Andrew will continue to develop not just as a technical entrepreneur but also as a responsible manager – one who can balance bravado with diplomacy and courageously with humility. "
In the days after the Pittsburgh shooting, the founder Andrew Torba condemned the attack and said his company was working with the police on their investigation of the shooting. In Twitter post, Gab threw himself as a victim of lubricants from the usual media.
