https://www.cnet.com/news/gab-the-social-network-linked-to-the-pittsburgh-shooting-suspect-returns-online/ > "Through the grace of God Gab is back online," Gab CEO Andrew Torba appears to have posted on the site. "We will never give in. Free speech and liberty will always win." > Gab's return marks the latest turn in the unfolding debate over free speech in the modern age. Facebook, Twitter and Google's YouTube have increasingly cracked down on bad behavior and hate speech on their services. That's driven some of the people banned from those sites to sites like the message board 4Chan and Gab, a Twitter-like alternative social network founded in 2016.