Stripe—Stripe suspended payment processing for Gab after Pittsburgh synagogue shooting
In October 2018, Stripe suspended payment processing for Gab, a social media platform popular with far-right users, following the Pittsburgh synagogue shooting by a Gab user who had posted antisemitic content on the platform. Stripe had previously frozen Gab's account citing adult content violations. PayPal and hosting provider Joyent also suspended Gab. Advocacy groups had warned Stripe about Gab's role in online hate months earlier.
Scoring Impact
| Topic | Direction | Relevance | Contribution |
|---|---|---|---|
| Content Moderation | +toward | primary | +1.00 |
| Overall incident score = | +0.429 | ||
Score = avg(topic contributions) × significance (medium ×1) × confidence (0.57)× agency (reactive ×0.75)
Evidence (1 signal)
Fortune reported Stripe, PayPal, and Joyent suspended Gab after Pittsburgh shooting
Fortune reported that Stripe, PayPal, and Joyent suspended Gab from their platforms following the October 2018 Pittsburgh synagogue shooting. The shooting suspect had posted antisemitic content on Gab before the attack.