TECH COMPANIES CONTINUE EFFORTS TO BANISH EXTREMIST ACCOUNTS

Tech companies’ efforts to banish extremist groups and individuals are continuing as a social network popular with extremists disappeared from Google’s Android app store.

Gab had already been unavailable in Apple’s store, though it remains accessible on the web.

The banishments come in the wake of the deadly clash at a white-nationalist rally last weekend in Virginia. Civil rights advocates welcomed the moves, but say more needs to be done - and more should have been done earlier.

Here is a look at some of the technology services that have banned hate groups or have otherwise come