Andrew Torba, the founder and CEO of Gab, has said he will not be complying with the German Network Enforcement Act, despite mounting legal fines from authorities. In a blog post published on Sept. 20, Tora said he had received a “huge packet of documents with fines and legal threats from the nation state of Germany” this week but that Gab is “refusing, and has refused for many years, to comply with the German Network Enforcement Act.” The German Network Enforcement Act went into force in Germany on June 28, 2021, in the hopes of combating online hate speech and fake news. Also known as NetzDG, it applies to social media networks that have 2 million or more registered users in Germany and obligates them to remove content that is “clearly illegal” within 24 hours of receiving a complaint from a user. Social media networks that do not comply can be fined up to 50 million euros …