Micah Lee 🫡

Micah Lee 🫡 @micahflee

@_U03A9_ @DDoSecret Yes, the "free speech" card, which is relied on to keep investigative journalism legal. And when you state a conspiracy as fact ("DDoSecrets hacked Gab") you should at least have the decency to provide a shred of evidence to back it up — PolitiTweet.org

Micah Lee 🫡 @micahflee

The hacked Gab data includes: 4,117,381 accounts 31,857 groups 39,006,037 statuses — PolitiTweet.org

Micah Lee 🫡 @micahflee

@_U03A9_ @DDoSecret WikiLeaks sources broke laws to obtain their data (there was a whole Mueller investigation about it.) Likewise, DDoSecrets sources illegally hacked Gab. But it's not illegal for DDoSecrets to publish this data because the US has this thing called "free speech" — PolitiTweet.org

Micah Lee 🫡 @micahflee

@_U03A9_ @DDoSecret DDoSecrets didn't hack Gab. They received newsworthy data from a source who hacked Gab. Kinda like how Wikileaks didn't hack the DNC, they received newsworthy data from a source who hacked the DNC — PolitiTweet.org

Micah Lee 🫡 @micahflee

I'm about to ride my bike to a coffee shop and work from outdoor seating. This will be the second time I've done this since the pandemic started, I'm psyched — PolitiTweet.org

Micah Lee 🫡 @micahflee

@jurzesky The data doesn't include user time zones, though you can maybe infer it by the times they post status updates — PolitiTweet.org

Micah Lee 🫡 @micahflee

@foiachap The data doesn't include user IPs — PolitiTweet.org

Micah Lee 🫡 @micahflee

@45thChucks Trump overwhelmingly lost, and all of the election fraud narratives have been thoroughly debunked, including by federal judges evaluating the evidence in his frivolous lawsuits — PolitiTweet.org

Micah Lee 🫡 @micahflee

Some things going on in the news July 21: - Trump just said a bunch of racist stuff about the Squad - Trump's first impeachment A few days later, Mueller testified... yeah, I think this is around when the Mueller report dropped https://t.co/q1UegyLqdn — PolitiTweet.org

Micah Lee 🫡 @micahflee

I'm still importing data/transforming data/running scripts -- but are there any statistics you'd find interesting in here? — PolitiTweet.org

Micah Lee 🫡 @micahflee

Here's Gab groups created since the beginning of Gab, and the same graph but this time without the huge post-insurrection spike. What's that July 21, 2019 spike from? https://t.co/VqnW0dsDCU — PolitiTweet.org

Micah Lee 🫡 @micahflee

Shortly after the Jan 6 insurrection, when Parler was kicked offline, there was an exodus of users to Gab. Here's a graph of the Gab groups created since the beginning of January https://t.co/162UKjZEBF — PolitiTweet.org

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Gab has 7,632 private groups (and now, journalists and researches have the messages posted in these groups). Here are the top private groups, sorted by most members https://t.co/TODYHZCUvJ — PolitiTweet.org

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Of the top 20 biggest groups (sorted by most members) on Gab: 5 are devoted to Trump/election misinformation 5 are devoted to QAnon https://t.co/L0sLHJtEAh — PolitiTweet.org

Micah Lee 🫡 @micahflee

@a_abrax Except if you look at the public statements of the people who run Gab, the fact that neo-Nazis like Richard Spencer were among the first users, etc., it's clear that Gab is simply a safe space for fascists — PolitiTweet.org

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@a_abrax There are plenty of people building new social networks that aren't fascist. Just look at the Mastodon and the fediverse. It's Gab, specifically, that is run by fascists — PolitiTweet.org

Micah Lee 🫡 @micahflee

@rosieresT3 Systemic racism can be pretty upsetting to some people too — PolitiTweet.org

Micah Lee 🫡 @micahflee

@BaginDragon @theegoldstate You make a good point. People from all countries lack critical thinking skills and believe nonsense conspiracies aimed at keeping fascists in power — PolitiTweet.org

Micah Lee 🫡 @micahflee

@theegoldstate No, that’s called content moderation, which Gab is calling for right now. Fascism is things like trying to violently prevent a democratic election from getting certified because your guy lost — PolitiTweet.org

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The people who run Gab only pretend to be free speech absolutists. Really it’s just a safe space for fascists — PolitiTweet.org

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More cancel culture... from Gab? https://t.co/HUAVlC0Qz7 — PolitiTweet.org

Micah Lee 🫡 @micahflee

Is this... cancel culture? — PolitiTweet.org

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@plungerman Don't forget they also introduced vulnerabilities — PolitiTweet.org

Micah Lee 🫡 @micahflee

Gab must've realized they were in violation of @joinmastodon's AGPL license. They just updated their site to include a snapshot of Gab's source code dated March 2021 encrypted with the password "JesusChristIsKingTrumpWonTheElection". They're no longer showing their git commits. https://t.co/BXTutDUZQ8 — PolitiTweet.org

Micah Lee 🫡 @micahflee

RT @natalieg92: Fun fact: if your assets are worth less than $50 million, you do not have to worry about Elizabeth Warren’s wealth tax 😌 — PolitiTweet.org

Micah Lee 🫡 @micahflee

RT @beka_valentine: the CEO of gab has called me out specifically as a demon 🤗🤗🤗 https://t.co/5fi26Zsce9 — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @travishelwig: If you are eligible for the vaccine, PLEASE go get the vaccine. It may seem counterintuitive but waiting for more “deserv… — PolitiTweet.org

Micah Lee 🫡 @micahflee

@beatScreenplay I think they could argue "email us for the source" complies with that, so long as they actually provide the source. I think they're legally obligated to provide it — PolitiTweet.org

Micah Lee 🫡 @micahflee

@beatScreenplay yes https://t.co/87RWWQY7V1 — PolitiTweet.org

Micah Lee 🫡 @micahflee

While I'm waiting to hear back from [email protected], I just published a mirror of Gab's source code that's a little over a month old (probably just as vulnerable) to my github https://t.co/PpYN4aiNmt — PolitiTweet.org