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[–] PMYA 3 points (+3|-0)

Gab has banned users for spamming, making death threats to the President, posting revenge porn, and doxing among others.

Why is making a death threat towards the President a bannable offence?

If they really wanted to make a site where you can say anything you want, they should have checked the TOS of their hosting provider and either found a new one or edited their guidelines accordingly, just like Phuks did.

[–] smallpond 2 points (+2|-0)

From Gab's Community Guidelines:

Users are prohibited from calling for the acts of violence against others, promoting or engaging in self-harm, and/or acts of cruelty, threatening language or behaviour that clearly, directly and incontrovertibly infringes on the safety of another user or individual(s).

I guess that covers the President as well.

[–] jobes [OP] 1 points (+1|-0)

Why is making a death threat towards the President a bannable offence?

...why shouldn't it be? If I was making death threats on Twitter versus the mayor of London, I'd probably not be banned, but get a no-knock house raid instead.