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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 643

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A screenshot shows a reply left on Gab founder Andrew Torba's page after he posted a link to a Pittsburgh Jewish Chronicle story. (Screenshot by David Rullo via JTA)
August 25, 2022, 8:35 am
Pittsburgh Jewish Chronicle hit with antisemitism after Gab founder targets paper
Jewish newspaper becomes subject of hate remarks after Andrew Torba slams one of its articles critical of the hate speech on far-right platform
By David Rullo
State Rep. Dan Frankel speaks before a joint session of Pennsylvania lawmakers who came together to commemorate the victims of the Pittsburgh synagogue attack that killed 11 people, Wednesday, April 10, 2019, at the state Capitol in Harrisburg, Pa. (AP/Matt Rourke)
August 24, 2022, 2:47 am
US Jewish lawmaker targeted by antisemitic posts on far-right platform Gab
Pennsylvania’s Dan Frankel, whose district covers Tree of Life synagogue attacked by Gab user, subjected to online abuse after criticizing opponent’s links to social media site
By David Rullo
State Sen. Doug Mastriano, R-Franklin, a Republican candidate for Governor of Pennsylvania, speaks at a primary night election gathering in Chambersburg, Pa., May 17, 2022.(AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)
July 30, 2022, 10:18 am
Pennsylvania GOP governor nominee says he rejects antisemitism ‘in any form’
Doug Mastriano has been under fire for ties to far-right social network Gab, a haven for white nationalist, antisemitic and other extremist content online
By Andrew Lapin
Doug Mastriano, the Republican gubernatorial nominee in Pennsylvania, speaks at an event at the state Capitol in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, July 1, 2022. (AP Photo/Marc Levy)
July 23, 2022, 4:53 am
Republican Jews call on party’s nominee for Pennsylvania governor to stop using Gab
Far-right candidate Doug Mastriano criticized for promoting campaign using social media network that hosts extremists, rampant antisemitism
By PHILISSA CRAMER
In this January 6, 2021, photo, Trump supporters gather outside the Capitol in Washington. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)
February 23, 2021, 3:59 pm
Extremists turn elsewhere after social media giants’ crackdown
Vaccine conspiracy movements, militia groups, white supremacists and Trump supporters seek refuge in unregulated platforms; Twitter purges 70,000 accounts
By Julie JAMMOT
In this June 18, 2020 file photo, US President Donald Trump looks at his phone during a roundtable with governors on the reopening of America's small businesses, in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)
January 10, 2021, 2:50 pm
Short on alternatives, Trump fans trash Twitter ban — on Twitter
Conservative platforms popular among Trump’s fiercest supporters, like Parler and Gab, known for its far-right and neo-Nazi user base, have drawn a growing number of users
By Juliette MICHEL
A makeshift memorial stands outside the Tree of Life synagogue in the aftermath of a deadly shooting in Pittsburgh, on October 29, 2018 in which eleven Jews were killed while at Shabbat services. (AP/Matt Rourke)
July 24, 2019, 7:14 pm
US extremist who wanted to kill ‘Jews and blacks’ pleads guilty to gun charge
Family reported concerns about self-described white nationalist’s rhetoric after Pittsburgh shooting; FBI agent says he defended murder of 11 at synagogue
By Michael Kunzelman
Joshua John Leff, 40, arrested in Fort Myers, Florida, and charged with intimidation, sending written threats to kill minorities including Jews. (YouTube screen capture)
June 16, 2019, 11:36 pm
Florida man arrested for threats to kill Jews, minorities
Convicted felon used alias on social media, praised Poway synagogue killer
By JTA
Patrick Little (Twitter via JTA)
November 29, 2018, 3:04 am
A Holocaust denier who ran for Congress is still active on YouTube and Twitter
Patrick Little, who advocated for mass torture of Jews and praised Pittsburgh synagogue shooter Robert Bowers, has been banned from Gab
By Josefin Dolsten
A woman visits a makeshift memorial outside Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh, to the 11 people killed there during worship services, seen here on October 31, 2018. (Gene J. Puskar/ AP)
November 5, 2018, 9:08 pm
Week after Pittsburgh massacre, far-right hate platform is back online
Gab, frequented by synagogue shooter Robert Bowers, once again being used by neo-Nazis and white nationalists, having been shunned by most domain providers
By ToI Staff and Agencies
Robert Bowers used the social media site Gab, one of a number of havens for the far-right, to vent his hatred of Jews and immigrants. (AFP/ Getty Images/JTA Collage)
November 1, 2018, 11:45 pm
What is Gab and where else are anti-Semites gathering on the internet?
Site frequented by Pittsburgh massacre suspect Robert Bowers is one of many platforms allowing white supremacists to meet like-minded individuals
By Josefin Dolsten
Illustrative: Members of the National Socialist Movement, one of the largest neo-Nazi groups in the US, hold a swastika burning after a rally on April 21, 2018, in Draketown, Georgia. (Spencer Platt/Getty Images/AFP)
October 28, 2018, 9:44 am
Website ‘used by synagogue shooter’ and racists says it’s being forced offline
‘Big tech’ and ‘mainstream media cannot stop us,’ says gab.com, a favorite forum for white nationalists where alleged Pittsburgh shooter wrote anti-Semitic posts
By AFP
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