How does Gab moderate content?

Gab moderates content using U.S. law as its baseline. If content is illegal under federal law — threats, CSAM, criminal facilitation, copyright infringement — it's removed. If it's legal, it's protected, regardless of who it offends or what mainstream media or advertisers think of it.

How moderation works

Gab uses a combination of automated detection for known illegal content categories (particularly CSAM, which all U.S.-based platforms are legally required to detect and report) and human review for reported content. Users can report posts and accounts that they believe violate the platform's rules. Reports are reviewed and actioned when the reported content falls into a prohibited category.

Gab does not maintain a team of political content reviewers applying ideological tests to speech. There are no "trusted flaggers" or third-party fact-checking organizations with input into content decisions.

The structural difference

Most major platforms depend on advertising revenue, which can create structural pressure to remove content that makes advertisers uncomfortable. When YouTube demonetizes a video for discussing firearms or controversial political topics, that's advertiser-driven moderation. Gab's moderation is based on U.S. law, not advertiser boycotts — controversial-but-legal speech stays up even though Gab runs Gab Ads.

Transparency

When Gab takes a moderation action — removing content or suspending an account — it's for a specific, objective reason under the terms of service. There's no shadowbanning on Gab: if your content is removed, you're told; if your account is suspended, it's suspended. The platform doesn't hide enforcement actions.