Swordsmyth
10-18-2019, 11:03 PM
The state's top prosecutor believes that the go-to social media site for accused Tree of Life shooter Robert Bowers is on its last legs financially, according to a statement issued early Thursday further explaining that office's decision to close a civil probe (https://www.post-gazette.com/news/crime-courts/2019/10/16/Pennsylvania-Josh-Shapiro-Tree-of-Life-Robert-Bowers-Gab-com-social-media-rants/stories/201910160175) that followed the synagogue massacre.
The statement from the office of Attorney General Josh Shapiro indicates that the decision to close the probe followed indications that Pennsylvania-based Gab.com "had exhausted its already-raised money, and was no longer going to be serviced by the payment processors, cutting off all public funding to support the business."
Spokeswoman Jacklin Rhoads went on to write that Gab's site "was barely operational for new users because of increased malware and the app bans by major tech companies."
Gab's legal team did not respond to emailed questions about the site's finances.
More at: https://www.post-gazette.com/news/crime-courts/2019/10/17/pennsylvania-attorney-general-website-used-by-Bowers-tree-of-life-mass-shooting-pittsburgh/stories/201910170130
The statement from the office of Attorney General Josh Shapiro indicates that the decision to close the probe followed indications that Pennsylvania-based Gab.com "had exhausted its already-raised money, and was no longer going to be serviced by the payment processors, cutting off all public funding to support the business."
Spokeswoman Jacklin Rhoads went on to write that Gab's site "was barely operational for new users because of increased malware and the app bans by major tech companies."
Gab's legal team did not respond to emailed questions about the site's finances.
More at: https://www.post-gazette.com/news/crime-courts/2019/10/17/pennsylvania-attorney-general-website-used-by-Bowers-tree-of-life-mass-shooting-pittsburgh/stories/201910170130