NOTE TO IRIS: Looks like this is a movement centered around Gab, let's document the instance not the brands involved. i.e. "brands demonstrating their principles, 🏷️#demonstration_of_principle
Gab Puts Social Media Under the Microscope (from 📝Morning Brew)
On Saturday, gunman Robert Bowers allegedly killed 11 people at the Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh. Moments before, Bowers posted on social networkGab, "Screw your optics, I'm going in."Zoom out before we zoom in: It's the latest tragedy to shine a light on social media's role in acts of terror and violence—especially since Bowers had a history of antisemitism on Gab.What Gab is: It started in 2016 as a no-holds-barred alternative to Twitter. There are few restrictions (as opposed to Twitter), so that's earned Gab alt-right users including Milo Yiannopoulos and Richard Spencer.
GoDaddy spoke to 📝Belief-Driven Buyers by banning Gab.com from it's servers in the wake of the Pittsburgh shooting and their CEO absolving himself from blame.
https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/news/gabcom-gab-down-godaddy-pittsburgh-shooting-synagogue-a8606551.html
PayPal banned Gab from its payments platform. "When a site is explicitly allowing the perpetuation of hate, violence, or discriminatory intolerance, we take immediate and decisive actions," PayPal told The Verge.
And even before Saturday's tragedy, Apple refused to host Gab on its App Store, Google removed Gab from its Play Store, and Microsoftthreatened to bar Gab from using its Azure cloud service.