Gab
Federal funds used to research “online hate speech” with the goal of training hate speech algorithms
YouTube’s unpredictable hate speech algorithms have resulted in many innocuous videos being demonetized or removed.
Gab Chat is an open-source, end-to-end encrypted Discord alternative for growing censorship-proof communities
Gab has entered the chat world.
Gab Trends says it’s already sending over 200,000 clicks per week to publishers
The crowdsourced news aggregation site has become popular with former Drudge Report users who are frustrated by Drudge’s increasingly anti-Trump perspective.
Drudge Report alternative aims to democratize news aggregation in an age of increasing news monopolies
Gab Trends gives visitors a broad spectrum of news sources from across both legacy mainstream media and upcoming alternative media sources.
According to Netflix documentary by Vox, Reddit, 4chan, Gab and Bodybuilding.com are “cult-like”
But the film doesn’t at all delve any deeper into why or how this may be the case.
Social network Gab outlines GabPro tiers with extra benefits for supporters
The funding of alternative platforms is more relevant given that the social networking scene is dominated by giants and the policies behind them that are unsympathetic towards Gab’s brand of free speech.
Developer-focused email service Mailgun bans Gab after three years of business
Mailgun is the latest of many companies to deplatform Gab but despite these obstacles, the free speech social network has almost doubled its traffic this year.
Feminist social network Spinster is the newest and biggest free speech platform using Gab
Gab seems to be delivering on what it says on the box.
White House proposal to combat online censorship may allow FCC to remove Section 230 protections
Critics are concerned that the proposals may go too far and could be unconstitutional.
Soph’s merch store suspended less than a week after she was deplatformed by Patreon and YouTube
Soph is responding by embracing alt-tech such as Gab, BitChute, DLive, and Bitcoin.
Ninja’s move to Mixer shows people are loyal to creators, not platforms
If creators switched platforms it could put a good dent in current platform monopolies.
F-Droid bans Gab for being a “free speech zone” that will “tolerate all opinions”
Yet another open-source software company has turned its back on the principles that drive free software.