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'''Gab''' is an [[Austin, Texas]]-based<ref name="whois">{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IsBQfEZvJeY|title=Interview with Andrew Torba from Gab.ai|website=youtube.com|access-date=2017-05-22}}</ref> [[social networking service]] created as an alternative to social networks like [[Facebook]], [[Twitter]] and [[Reddit]].
It allows its users to read and write messages of up to 300 [[Character (computing)|characters]], called "gabs". The site also offers multimedia functionality. Gab describes its mission as putting "people and free speech first"<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://gab.ai/about/guidelines|title=Guidelines.
==History==
Gab was created in August 2016<ref name=":2">{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2016/nov/17/gab-alt-right-social-media-twitter|title=Gab: alt-right's social media alternative attracts users banned from Twitter|last=Wilson|first=Jason|date=2016-11-17|newspaper=The Guardian|language=en-GB|issn=0261-3077|access-date=2016-12-03}}</ref> as an alternative to social networks like [[Facebook]] and [[Twitter]].<ref name=":1">{{Cite news|url=https://www.buzzfeed.com/alexkantrowitz/new-social-network-gab-growing-fast-free-speech|title=This New Social Network Promises Almost-Total Free Speech To Its Users|newspaper=BuzzFeed|access-date=2016-12-03}}</ref> Founder and CEO Andrew Torba cited dissatisfaction with "the entirely left-leaning Big Social monopoly"<ref name=":1" /> as part of the inspiration for Gab, which he created "after reading reports that Facebook employees suppress conservative articles".<ref name=":5">{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/30/arts/the-far-right-has-a-new-digital-safe-space.html|title=The Far Right Has a New Digital Safe Space|last=Hess|first=Amanda|date=2016-11-30|newspaper=The New York Times|issn=0362-4331|access-date=2016-12-03}}</ref> Torba said in November that the site's user base had expanded significantly following censorship controversies involving major social media companies,<ref name=":3">{{Cite news|url=http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2016/11/28/as-twitter-cracks-down-on-alt-right-aggrieved-members-flee-to-gab.html|title=As Twitter cracks down on alt-right, aggrieved members flee to 'Gab'|last=Shaw|first=Adam|date=2016-11-28|newspaper=Fox News|language=en-US|access-date=2016-12-03}}</ref> including the [[List of people banned from Twitter|permanent suspensions from Twitter]] of several prominent [[alt-right]] accounts.<ref name=":44">{{Cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-intersect/wp/2016/11/29/banned-from-twitter-this-site-promises-you-can-say-whatever-you-want/|title=Banned from Twitter? This site promises you can say whatever you want.|last=Ohlheiser|first=Abby|date=2016-11-29|access-date=2016-12-03|language=en-US|issn=0190-8286|newspaper=The Washington Post}}</ref>
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