Gab and its more than 141,000 Twitter followers did not take kindly to the ban, calling on President Trump to step in to prevent the internet from “being destroyed and controlled by like three companies in Silicon Valley.”<doc-sep>Robert Bowers, 46, was an obsessive Gab user who often posted of hating Jews PayPal has banned social media platform Gab from accepting payments after the revelation that the accused synagogue shooter was an obsessive Gab user who frequently posted about his hatred for Jews. Gab said on Saturday that it had been banned from PayPal, payment processor Stripe, and hosting service Joyent within a matter of hours after the shooting in Pittsburgh. Accused shooter Robert Bowers, 46, was a heavy Gab user who posted a message minutes before the shooting, accusing the Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society of bringing in 'invaders' and announcing 'I'm going in.' Gab markets itself as a social media alternative that is devoted to absolute free speech, and has become popular with racist fringe users in recent years as they have been kicked off of Facebook and Twitter. Eleven people died and six were injured after the shooting in the Tree of Life synagogue during Saturday morning Sabbath services. Bowers was apprehended at the Tree of Life synagogue (above) in Pittsburgh on Saturday, after a shooting massacre that left 11 dead and six injured The bio section of Bowers' Gab profile reads: ‘jews are the children of satan'. The header image shows a device that measures bullet velocity displaying the numerical racist code '1488' He posted this about the Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society minutes before the shooting Among his antisemitic comments on the social network Gab are complaints about Trump Gab said in a statement after the shooting that it 'unequivocally disavows and condemns all acts of terrorism and violence', and had immediately acted to preserve the data from Bower's account and provide it to law enforcement. The company deactivated Bowers' account but an archived version of the posts remains available. He seemed enraged by the recent migrant caravan, and accused Jewish groups of encouraging and facilitating immigration to the U.S. Bowers was also sharply critical of President Donald Trump, accusing him of being a 'globalist' and painting him as a puppet of Jewish interests. After suspension of service from PayPal and others amid growing backlash, Gab accused the 'big tech giants' of 'direct collusion.' Jewish residents who live near the synagogue are pictured outside after the shooting. At least 11 died and six were injured, including four police officers Bowers posted his antisemitic views on Gab, which markets itself as a free speech platform A spokesman for PayPal confirmed that the company had cancelled Gab's account in a statement to DailyMail.com on Sunday. 'PayPal has been closely monitoring Gab and was in the process of canceling the site’s account before the tragic events occurred,' PayPal spokesman Justin Higgs said. 'When a site is allowing the perpetuation of hate, violence or discriminatory intolerance, we take immediate and decisive action,' he added. Gab posted correspondence from Stripe on Saturday that indicated the payment processor had also been reviewing Gab's policies prior to the attack. A source familiar with the undated correspondence told DailyMail.com that it was authentic and referred to a deadline on Friday, prior to the attack. A spokeswoman for Stripe declined to comment, citing policy against speaking about individual customers. Joyent did not immediately respond to inquiries from DailyMail.com. On Sunday, Gab lashed out at the mainstream media in a series of tweets, accusing journalists of maliciously branding the site a haven for hate in the clamor to shut it down. 'We have a community of great people from all around the world. To broadly generalize ~800,000 people based on the horrific actions and words of one man is really sad,' Gab said in a tweet responding to TV personality Montel Williams. Williams had called Gab 'the network of choice for every fringe freak from the garbage can of American society' and predicted the site was 'about to get shut down.' 'Friends we know many of you are upset about what is happening to Gab, but please focus on the victims, families and friends of this horrible tragedy,' Gab said in a statement. 'It's disgusting that the media is centering their focus on Gab instead of honoring the victims or denouncing the alleged terrorist,' the company said.<doc-sep>In the wake of a piece of shit murdering 11 individuals celebrating Shabbos today in Pittsburgh, PayPal has cut off all payments to accounts associated with Gab: a chatty haven for far-right extremists, bigots and other affiliated filth to spew hateful rhetoric, without fear of punishment. Paypal donations from Gab's user base was one of the social network's primary sources of income. Paypal's move comes a month after the payment gurus at Stripe closed up Gab's accounts. In an emailed statement to Gizmodo, Paypal's PR team said that "PayPal has canceled the Gab.Ai account. The company is diligent in performing reviews and taking account actions. When a site is explicitly allowing the perpetuation of hate, violence or discriminatory intolerance, we take immediate and decisive action." Not long after the Pittsburgh massacre, Gab plopped out a statement on Medium, defending their social network: Gab.com's policy on terrorism and violence have always been very clear: we a have zero tolerance for it. Gab unequivocally disavows and condemns all acts of terrorism and violence. This has always been our policy. We are saddened and disgusted by the news of violence in Pittsburgh and are keeping the families and friends of all victims in our thoughts and prayers. The post goes on to talk about how important free speech is to Gab and that "…if people can not express themselves through words, they will do so through violence. No one wants that. No one." I'm pretty sure that this is slime-talk for "Lordy, don't kick us off our servers or otherwise shut us down." Gab's proclamation of love for free speech doesn't seem to extend to anyone that has anything resembling criticism for their online community. From Gizmodo: …Gab's Twitter account has spent much of the day attacking critics, calling the New York Times' Mike Isaac a "smug inner city elitist," accusing BuzzFeed of being racist against white people, and calling Twitter "one giant cesspool of Jew-hating lunatics." Image via Wikipedia Commons<doc-sep>
Social network service Gab has been banned from using PayPal after the anti-Semitic profile of the man suspected of gunning down multiple people at a Pittsburgh synagogue Saturday morning gained attention. Shortly after Robert Bowers’ anti-Semitic rants began to circulate online, PayPal sent the social networking site notice that it would be “terminating” its current relationship. PayPal offered no explanation to Gab for the decision, other than referencing PayPal’s right to make such a decision. (RELATED: Pittsburgh Synagogue Shooting Suspect Identified As Robert Bowers) However, in a statement to The Verge, PayPal said: “The company is diligent in performing reviews and taking account actions. When a site is explicitly allowing the perpetuation of hate, violence or discriminatory intolerance, we take immediate and decisive action.” Hours later, Gab received notice from its hosting provider, Joyent, that it too would be cutting ties with the company. Joyent informed Gab that services will be suspended effective Monday morning, a decision that Gab said will cause the site to be down for weeks. Gab informed users that it is currently “working on solutions” to keep the site active. Payment processing company Stripe followed soon after, suspending Gab’s account pending an “investigation.” Stripe claims that Gab failed to provide “sufficient evidence that Gab actually prevents violations of our policies in your Gab Pro service, or any other portion of your service that relies on Stripe for monetization.” “While we continue our investigation, we are suspending transfers to your bank account, effective immediately,” Stripe told Gab. “Your Stripe account will continue to be able to receive payments from your customers, but you will not receive payouts until we re-enable them.” Gab responded to the attacks by vowing to “continue to fight for free expression and individual liberty online for all people.” “Big tech can not stop us. The mainstream media can not stop us. The People will defend freedom against tyranny as they always have and always will.” Gab brands itself as “The Home of Free Speech Online,” and promises its users that they are free to express any opinion, no matter how unsavory others may find it. However, the platform claims it took “swift and proactive action” by providing Bowers’ profile and user data to authorities as soon as it was aware that the the account existed. (RELATED: Trump Reacts To ‘Devastating’ Pittsburgh Synagogue Shooting) “We refuse to be defined by the media’s narratives about Gab and our community,” said the social media company. “Gab’s mission is very simple: to defend free expression and individual liberty online for all people. Social media often brings out the best and the worst of humanity.”