Taylor Lorenz was in high demand this week. As a prolific journalist at The Atlantic and about-to-be member of Harvard’s prestigious Nieman Fellowship for journalism, that’s perhaps not surprising. Nor was this the first time she’s had a bit of a moment: Lorenz has already served as an in-house expert on social media and the […]
View More The ethics of internet culture: a conversation with Taylor LorenzCategory: Gab
Incels.me, a major hub for hate speech and misogyny, suspended by .ME registry
/https%3A%2F%2Fblueprint-api-production.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Fcard%2Fimage%2F886658%2F77dfdbfb-9965-4f82-bf70-7e58ab49c054.jpg)
Incels.me, the toxic misogynistic community of self-proclaimed involuntary celibates, is no more — at least at that web address.
On Tuesday, the .ME registry, which controls the entire .ME domain database, published a post explaining that they — and not a domain registrar like GoDaddy — had suspended the domain. The registry says the domain was suspended over anti-abuse policy infractions based on the promotion of acts of violence and hate speech on the website. Incels.me has been inaccessible since Oct. 15.
Incels.me acted as the main online hub for involuntary celibates, or “incels” for short, who congregated in its forums. The incel community is known for its toxic misogynistic views, identifying themselves as “single without choosing to be so,” and blaming women as well as men in relationships for their own sexual failures. Read more…
More about Gab, Registry, Domain Names, Incels, and Tech
Gab came back online, and immediately filled up with anti-semitism
The “free speech” platform where the Pittsburgh shooter felt comfortable enough to share his intention to murder Jews came back online Sunday night. And it’s already filled back up with anti-semitism.
After the Pittsburgh synagogue shooting, in which…
Far-right social network Gab goes offline after GoDaddy tells it to find another domain registrar
Gab, the far-right social network that the suspect in Saturday’s mass shooting at Pittsburgh synagogue used to share anti-Semitic posts, has gone offline after GoDaddy gave it 24 hours to find a new domain provider. GoDaddy’s decision comes after PayPal, Medium, Stripe, and Joyent banned Gab’s accounts over the weekend. Bowers may face the death penalty […]
View More Far-right social network Gab goes offline after GoDaddy tells it to find another domain registrar‘Free speech’ social platform Gab has gone offline
Gab has gone offline.
The self-described “free speech social media platform” is taking time off the internet, after landing under the spotlight when it was discovered the suspect involved in Pittsburgh’s synagogue shooting was a poster and user on th…
Gab, a racist-friendly alt-Twitter, has been banned by PayPal and others
Gab, the self-described “free speech social media platform” that’s provided a home for people like the suspect in Pittsburgh’s synagogue shooting (as well as a lineup of noteworthy racists), is losing support.
PayPal has banned Gab, while hosting com…
#TwitterLockout claims hundreds of conservative users are falsely named bots
Hundreds, perhaps even thousands, of Twitter users were locked out of their accounts Tuesday night, inspiring the hashtag #TwitterLockout.
The reason is unclear but evidence suggests a bot purge that may have flagged certain accounts inaccurately. Lo…