“Far-right extremists, loners and murderous neo-Nazis have found a new home on the internet. Now they can openly share their extremist bile with more than 800,000 users on a social media platform called Gab - a haven for far-right fanatics originally modelled on Twitter. David Ibsen, executive director of The Counter Extremism Project, said: 'According to the European Commission’s latest comments on hate speech, on average 70% of illegal hate speech notified to tech companies was deleted. This figure is not only too small, it also doesn’t tackle the issue that many platforms, like Gab.ai, are not forthcoming with their approach to restrict and remove the spread of illegal content. Gab.ai, for example, describes its mission as putting "people and free speech first". We need to be clear and realise that free speech ends where extremist content starts. On that basis we are forced to believe that those companies do not care about the way they are used. All reputable businesses, entities and individuals must refuse to knowingly associate with extremists and their enablers and to do their utmost to prevent the use of its services by terrorists.'"