The social media site Gab, a Twitter-like platform popular with the radical right wing because of its objection to any form of censorship, is in a full meltdown under criticism for its ties to the Pittsburgh synagogue shooter.

Gab has lost its hosting service and funding avenues, and is calling on President Donald Trump to help.

In a lengthy post on Medium, Gab says it did everything it could after the shooting and defended its commitment to free speech.

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“We have nothing but love for all people and freedom,” the post read. “We have consistently disavowed all violence. Free speech is crucial for the prevention of violence. If people can not express themselves through words, they will do so through violence. No one wants that. No one.”

Gab is not a well-known site, but its full-throated support of free speech has made it home to a number of extremists kicked off other platforms.

I stand with my brothers at @getongab they have offered a social media service that allows free speech. Free speech was used and now we know what this monster said, thought and are now able to use those posts against him. When you censor people you force them underground. — Joe Biggs (@Rambobiggs) October 28, 2018

Gab’s homepage has been down and giving an error message because its hosting provider banned it. Funding services like PayPal and Stripe have cut ties, severing the fledgling company’s ability to raise capital.

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Gab’s management has taken to using rival Twitter to allege “direct collusion between big tech giants” and to ask President Donald Trump to intervene.

Today https://t.co/J3Rfto6fi3 spent all day working with law enforcement to ensure that justice is served. For this, we have been no-platformed from:@stripe@paypal@joyent In a matter of hours. This is direct collusion between big tech giants. @realDonaldTrump ACT! — Gab.com🍂 (@getongab) October 28, 2018

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In 2017, Google banned Gab from its app store.

Gab is currently retweeting mostly conservative writers who say the site’s de-platforming is totalitarianism and recalls George Orwell’s 1984.

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This is dangerous. This is 1984. This is the suppression of speech. If you do not stand now you do not say you stand against totalitarianism. When the powerful are allowed to silence the minority that is the definition of totalitarianism. https://t.co/2XkBr2fipa — Carmine Sabia (@CarmineSabia) October 28, 2018

If you use Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, or Reddit: you are using platforms that are used by terrorists, pedophiles, and criminals every single day. — Gab.com🍂 (@getongab) October 28, 2018

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To follow Gab’s evolving situation, check in on its Twitter account.