Former Democratic National Committee Chair Howard Dean said that Gab, the social media site used by the alleged Pittsburgh synagogue mass shooter, should be tried as "an accomplice to murder."
Robert Bowers is the man authorities say killed 11 people at the Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh's historically Jewish Squirrel Hill neighborhood on Saturday morning. A user profile on Gab identified as "Robert Bowers" was taken down and archived by the service within hours of the mass shooting. Law&Crime previously noted that Gab's Robert Bowers is believed to be the same gunman identified by the Pittsburgh Police Department.
Gab is a self-styled "free speech" website which has effectively become an alternative to Twitter for those with extreme views after Twitter banned a series of conspiracy theorists and other users who have endorsed calls for violence and targeted harassment campaigns. Since its inception, Gab has become an online haven for the alt-right, neo-Nazis, white nationalists, and various other reactionary tendencies.
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