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Gab: where the net-Nazis went next
As the social media giants crack down on the far right, TOMASZ NOWAK reveals the growth of unmoderated platform Gab
The unmoderated Gab platform has an estimated 1 million users and a strong following amongst the far right. (Artwork: Nathan Czapnick)
ANGUS REID explains the significance of Cuba’s egalitarian in letter and spirit Family Code and the pertinent lessons it holds for democracies anywhere in the world
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NICK WRIGHT considers how the isolation of Israel and a new film on the controversial Italian communist leader are creating new reference points for Italy’s left
CARLOS MARTINEZ says Cuba’s achievements in the face of a criminal blockade are startling, but the island’s future if the United States succeeds in crushing it looks bleak
AMNON BROWNFIELD STEIN reports that far-right MPs who mobbed the event organised by Hadash may have helped raise awareness of the brutality of the Israeli right
FROM the Christchurch shooter’s manifesto to Ukip candidate Carl Benjamin’s YouTube channel “Sargon of Akkad,” alt-right hatred is being shared across the internet more outspokenly and frequently than ever.
In response, social media platforms such as Twitter, Reddit, YouTube and Facebook have attempted to moderate such content by deleting it from their sites. However, the social media giants did not foresee the outcome of openly stating that such content is forbidden: the growing popularity of the unmoderated social media site Gab.
Gab was created in August 2016 by Andrew Torba, an US-based Trump supporter, with the goal of replacing Twitter, the second largest social media site after Facebook.
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