Gab, the instance everyone loves to hate

Gab is not only hated by the communists/fascists, they’re also hated to libertarians/anarchists, loli artists, and actual free speech advocates.
It’s so hated that half of Fedi blocks them, and in turn Gab blocks everyone else, which effectively turned them into a puritan version of Shitter.

Also, according to Torba himself, no lolicons allowed, no sports allowed.
Hell, I even got banned over sharing loli art; pretty aggressive for a “free speech” platform.

The about page isn’t all that interesting, but it’s divided up into multiple pages.
Our interest here will be the TOS page.

The TOS is suspiciously lengthy for a “free speech” platform.

You must not: Modify copies of any materials from this site. Delete or alter any copyright, trademark, or other proprietary rights notices from copies of materials from this site.

Copyright (which is a scam) is the single biggest contributor to online censorship.
I know that as a registered company you’re basically forced to cuck out over that, but it’s still not a justification for NOT being a free speech platform.

Prohibited Uses: For the purpose of exploiting, harming, or attempting to exploit or harm minors in any way by exposing them to inappropriate content, asking for personally identifiable information, or otherwise. To send, knowingly receive, upload, download, use, or re-use any material that does not comply with the Content Standards set out in these Terms of Service.

It’s understandable, but I know for a fact that Torba is referring here to drawings.
Because according to puritans, looking at a bunch of strokes on a piece of paper is literally the same as raping an 8 year old…
Here’s a shocker: loli drawings are entirely legal under Americuck’s First Amendment.
I’m even surprised how many times the “First Amendment” is being used (11 times).
Why do you even care about the artifical “laws” if you claim to be a “free speech” platform though?

However, this can also imply city skylines somebody took by themselves, because I know somebody who literally got banned over that, not even joking!

Monitoring and Enforcement; Termination

We strive to ensure that the First Amendment remains the Website’s standard for content moderation. We will make best efforts to ensure that all content moderation decisions and enforcement of these terms of service does not punish users for exercising their God-given right to speak freely.

We collect comparatively little data on our users relative to other social networking sites. Our default position is that we should implement no prior restraints on any User Contribution. However, given the breadth of speech we permit, there may be circumstances where we are unable to determine whether content is protected by the First Amendment or not and prudence may require us to err on the side of caution. Accordingly, the Company reserves the right to take any action with respect to any User Contribution that we deem necessary or appropriate in our sole discretion, including the following:

• Take any action with respect to any User Contribution that we deem necessary or appropriate in our sole discretion, including if we believe that such User Contribution violates the Terms of Service, including the Content Standards, infringes any intellectual property right or other right of any person or entity, or could threaten the physical safety of users of the Website or the public.
• Take appropriate legal action, including without limitation referral to law enforcement, for any illegal or unauthorized use of the Website or in cases of life-threatening emergency.
• Terminate or suspend your access to all or part of the Website for any violation of these Terms of Service.

Basically, “we permit a breadth of speech, unless not approved by The Torba”.

Interfere with the operation of any computer.

Oh man, so I can’t even tinker with my own computer!?
SHAAAAAME!!

Be obscene, sexually explicit or pornographic. Note that mere nudity e.g. as a form of protest or for educational/medical reasons will not fall foul of this rule.

Basically, loli drawings will get you banned the moment you post it, but showing actual porn is OK?
Got it!

Infringe any patent, trademark, trade secret, copyright, or other intellectual property or other rights of any other person.

No “copyrighted” speech allowed…

The entire TOS is “First Amendment this”, “copyright that” more than anything else.
Could we change their title from “free speech platform” to “The Torba and Jesus puritan platform” already?