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Line 1: ~~{{multiple issues\|~~ ~~{{COI\|date=November 2018}}~~ ~~{{POV\|date=November 2018}}~~ ~~{{tone\|date=November 2018}}~~ }} {{pp-dispute\|small=yes}} {{Use mdy dates\|date=February 2018}} Line 36 ⟶ 31: \|founder={{nowrap\|Andrew Torba}}<br>{{nowrap\|Ekrem Büyükkaya}}}} '''Gab''' is an English-language [[social media]] website ~~that focuses on freedom of speech without censorship~~. It allows its users to read and write multimedia messages of up to 300 characters, called "gabs". The website was created by [[Andrew Torba]] in 2016. The site purported itself as an "alternative of Twitter" and "champions free speech".<ref name="newsweek">{{cite news\|last1=Edison Hayden\|first1=Michael\|title=Nazis on Gab social network show there is no such thing as a free speech internet\|url=http://www.newsweek.com/nazis-free-speech-hate-crime-jews-social-media-gab-weev-668614\|accessdate=6 May 2018\|work=Newsweek\|date=22 September 2017\|language=en}}</ref> Its target market was "[[Conservatism\|conservative]], [[Libertarianism\|libertarian]], [[Nationalism\|nationalists]] and [[Populism\|populist]] internet users around the world."<ref name="wapo20181031">{{Cite news\|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2018/10/31/silicon-valley-elite-social-media-hate-radicalization-that-led-gab/?utm_term=.f8146ad85aaf\|title=From Silicon Valley elite to social media hate: The radicalization that led to Gab\|last=Timberg\|first=Craig\|date=31 October 2018\|work=The Washington Post\|access-date=\|last2=Harwell\|first2=Drew\|last3=Elizabeth\|first3=Dwoskin\|last4=Brown\|first4=Emma}}</ref> Gab attracted migration of users banned from other social networks, including members of the [[far right]].<ref name=":2">{{Cite news\|url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2016/nov/17/gab-alt-right-social-media-twitter\|title=Gab: alt-right's social media alternative attracts users banned from Twitter\|last=Wilson\|first=Jason\|date=November 17, 2016\|newspaper=The Guardian\|language=en-GB\|issn=0261-3077\|access-date=December 3, 2016}}</ref> A majority of Gab's users were white, a majority were male, and a majority were conservative.<ref name=insidetheright>{{cite arxiv\|last=Lima\|first=Lucas\|last2=Reis\|first2=Julio C. S.\|last3=Melo\|first3=Philipe \|last4=Murai\|first4=Fabricio \|last5=Araújo\|first5=Leandro\|last6=Vikatos\|first6=Pantelis\|last7=Benevenuto\|first7=Fabrício\|date=2018-07-10\| title=Inside the Right-Leaning Echo Chambers: Characterizing Gab, an Unmoderated Social System\|eprint=1807.03688\|class=cs.SI\|quote=We also show that the majority of Gab users are conservative, male, and Caucasian.}}</ref> Gab reported 465,000 users in April 2018.<ref name=numbers/> The site's most followed users included prominent far-right individuals such as [[Richard B. Spencer]], [[Mike Cernovich]], and [[Alex Jones]].<ref name=insidetheright/><ref name=whatisgab>{{Cite book\|last=Zannettou\|first=Savvas\|last2=Bradlyn\|first2=Barry\|last3=De Cristofaro\|first3=Emiliano\|last4=Kwak\|first4=Haewoon\|last5=Sirivianos\|first5=Michael\|last6=Stringhini\|first6=Gianluca\|last7=Blackburn\|first7=Jeremy\|date=2018-03-13\|title=What is Gab? A Bastion of Free Speech or an Alt-Right Echo Chamber?\|pages=1007–1014\|arxiv=1802.05287\|doi=10.1145/3184558.3191531\|chapter=What is Gab\|isbn=9781450356404}}</ref> The site recognized far-right conspiracy theorist websites ''[[Breitbart News]]'' and ''[[InfoWars]]'' as its competitors.<ref name="wapo20181031"/>

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