Here we go again. Has Big Tech taken down another conservative social media source?
Social media has been hit with another take-down, and it is another conservative favorite. Parler is still trying to get back to normal after they were recently taken down.
Gab, a ‘Free Speech Social Network’ favored by conservatives, went offline Friday night, and its Twitter account also went down (screenshots below).
“What’s going on???”
What's going on??? Gab is not working and the @getongab Twitter account is down as well. pic.twitter.com/fB2RMg8hwI
— Black Christian Patriot Watchman (@BlackPatriot77) February 19, 2021
The buzz began when tweets about Gab’s website and its associated social media account went down at about 6:30 p.m. Eastern time.
One Twitter user claimed to be on Gab just before it went down and speculated that the site was hacked as a part of a cryptocurrency scam:
https://t.co/x7wT6YbGuC appeared to be hacked around 5PM CST today as several top name accounts like Alex Jones spontaneously started asking for Bitcoin donations. Then the Twitter account was nuked. @getongab pic.twitter.com/AFxOYdOxMk
— Dr. Jane Galt (@WhoisJaneGalt) February 20, 2021
The website’s founder, Andrew Torba, has not commented on the issue. Is this another Big Tech takedown or just a maintenance issue?
Screenshots below from the Gab website and the Gab Twitter account: