Microsoft nearly banned Gab over post saying Jews should be raised as livestock

Enlarge / The Microsoft logo at the 2010 Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. (credit: Getty Images | Justin Sullivan)

The Microsoft Azure cloud computing service threatened to stop hosting Gab, a self-described "free speech social network," unless the site deleted two anti-Semitic posts made by a neo-Nazi who previously ran for a US Senate seat.

Gab founder Andrew Torba yesterday posted a screenshot of Microsoft's notice, which said that Microsoft had "received a complaint of malicious activity" and that Gab must take action within two business days or face the possible "suspension of your deployment(s)."

"Gab's hosting provider, Microsoft Azure, has given us 48 hours to take action on two posts or they will pull our service and Gab will go down for weeks/months," the website's official Twitter account said.

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