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Added source by Tusky about banning Gab
On November 3, 2018, Gab changed its registrar to Epik;<ref>https://epik.com/blog/why-epik-welcomed-gab-com.html</ref> a move which was later unreasonably criticized by leftist hate group the [[SPLC]].<ref>https://www.splcenter.org/hatewatch/2019/01/11/problem-epik-proportions</ref> On November 4, 2018, Gab was brought back online.<ref>https://www.infowars.com/world-exclusive-gab-com-back-online-persecuted-free-speech-site-rises-like-the-phoenix/</ref>
On November 3, 2018, Gab changed its registrar to Epik;<ref>https://epik.com/blog/why-epik-welcomed-gab-com.html</ref> a move which was later unreasonably criticized by leftist hate group the [[SPLC]].<ref>https://www.splcenter.org/hatewatch/2019/01/11/problem-epik-proportions</ref> On November 4, 2018, Gab was brought back online.<ref>https://www.infowars.com/world-exclusive-gab-com-back-online-persecuted-free-speech-site-rises-like-the-phoenix/</ref>
On July 4, 2019, Gab switched its codebase to a fork of Mastodon, which made Gab uncensorable and decentralized.<ref>https://reclaimthenet.org/new-gab-decentralized-version/</ref> In response, Eugen, the Leftist creator of Mastodon, criticized the move by calling Gab a "sinking ship" and a "white supremacist social network."<ref>http://web.archive.org/web/20190713070633/https://mastodon.social/@Gargron/102184392515081541</ref>. In the same post, Eugen called for third party Mastodon apps to ban the gab.com domain, so in response, ''Tusky'' and ''Toot!'' obliged.<ref>https://www.breitbart.com/tech/2019/07/09/decentralized-social-network-mastodon-moves-to-censor-free-speech-platform-gab/</ref><ref>http://web.archive.org/web/20190607023313/https://mastodon.social/@Gargron/102186804704702581</ref>
On July 4, 2019, Gab switched its codebase to a fork of Mastodon, which made Gab uncensorable and decentralized.<ref>https://reclaimthenet.org/new-gab-decentralized-version/</ref> In response, Eugen, the Leftist creator of Mastodon, criticized the move by calling Gab a "sinking ship" and a "white supremacist social network."<ref>http://web.archive.org/web/20190713070633/https://mastodon.social/@Gargron/102184392515081541</ref>. In the same post, Eugen called for third party Mastodon apps to ban the gab.com domain, so in response, ''Tusky'' and ''Toot!'' obliged.<ref>https://www.breitbart.com/tech/2019/07/09/decentralized-social-network-mastodon-moves-to-censor-free-speech-platform-gab/</ref><ref>http://web.archive.org/web/20190607023313/https://mastodon.social/@Gargron/102186804704702581</ref><ref>https://github.com/tuskyapp/Tusky/pull/1303</ref>
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