by Chris Menahan, Information Liberation:

The free speech social network Gab was banned from PayPal, the payment service Stripe and the hosting service Joylent on Saturday after CBS News and other outlets suggested the site was to blame for the synagogue shooting.

Accused shooter Robert Bowers reportedly had an account at the site that was filled with anti-Semitic and anti-Trump posts. Gab immediately banned Bowers after the news came out, took down his profile and voluntarily gave all relevant information they had on him to the authorities to aid in their investigation.

Gab, which is regularly accused of being a platform for the alt-right, released a statement condemning the shooting and said they backed up user data from Bowers’ account before taking it offline. The company also said they contacted the FBI. https://t.co/yFyUBvpFuO

— VICE News (@vicenews) 27 October 2018

Nonetheless, PayPal was the first to drop the ban hammer:

BREAKING: https://t.co/J3Rfto6fi3 is now banned from Paypal "just because." pic.twitter.com/VA1NhY5zhr

— Gab.com