Social media site favored by 'alt-right' drops Google lawsuit

Gab, the social media site favored by some in the far-right as a “free speech” alternative to Twitter and Facebook, plans to drop its lawsuit against Google for banning its app from the Google Play Store. Gab said that it had been in “productive back-channel” discussions with Google since it filed the lawsuit against the internet search giant in Sept.

“We were encouraged to resubmit our app before the Android store, as opposed to going forth with continued expensive litigation, of which would have cost the company a great fortune in both time and resources,” the company said. “Google has instead offered Gab an opportunity to resubmit our application for an appeal to be reviewed for placement on their Google Play Store, which we are in the process of doing as we speak.”