{"id":17469,"date":"2018-11-08T16:59:41","date_gmt":"2018-11-09T00:59:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/associatednews.info\/content\/gab-server-subpoenaed-by-pennsylvania-attorney-general\/"},"modified":"2018-11-08T16:59:41","modified_gmt":"2018-11-09T00:59:41","slug":"gab-server-subpoenaed-by-pennsylvania-attorney-general","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/associatednews.info\/content\/gab-server-subpoenaed-by-pennsylvania-attorney-general\/","title":{"rendered":"Gab Server Subpoenaed By Pennsylvania Attorney General"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The Internet server company that hosts the controversial social media network Gab has been subpoenaed by Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro, the office confirmed.<\/p>\n

Gab is a social media site that has been criticized for providing a platform for white nationalism and anti-Semitism. The suspect in the Pittsburgh synagogue shootings last month was a Gab user. <\/p>\n

In the days after the shooting, several companies, including cloud host Joyent, domain registrar GoDaddy, and digital payment companies Stripe and Paypal, cut ties and suspended Gab’s accounts. This forced the site to shut down <\/strong>for more than a week.<\/p>\n

Gab got back online with the help of Epik, a move that triggered the investigation by the Pennsylvania attorney general.<\/p>\n

Robert Monster, CEO of Epik, says he didn’t make the decision to host Gab’s host network lightly.<\/a> In a statement, he wrote that he believes in Andrew Torba’s ability to be a “responsible steward” and warned against silencing opinions on the Internet.<\/p>\n

“These days there are many kinds of online content that some people find objectionable,” Monster wrote<\/a>, pointing out the need for a balance between free will and personal responsibility.<\/p>\n