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Apple Threatens to Ban Parler From App Store as Twitter Bans Donald Trump
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So true. "If you don't agree with us, you are deplatformed." This is crazy.
WTF is going on here?! Video shows Capitol police opening the doors, standing aside, and inviting protesters inside
Excuse us while we adjust our tinfoil hats but this looks a lot like the Capitol police not only opetwitchy.com
And here is video of that "violent invasion" of the Capital Building when Capital Police opened the doors and stood aside to invite Trump supporters into the building. At 22 seconds into the video you see one Capital Police Officer say "I disagree with you, but respect your..." then the audio becomes inaudible as the person recording the video keeps moving into the building. I didn't really see the much violence in this video of people "storming" the capital building.
If this had happened over the summer during the protests against racial injustice, you would have been alright with it?
Yeah guys as already said. Macrumors does not hesitate for a moment to ban you, so keep that in mind. HERE is not the place to be honest.
Macumors you ought to disgraced of yourselves. You sound almost too glad to hear Apple is considering this censorship.
Prove me wrong or see your community numbers plumit.
Macumors you ought to disgraced of yourselves. You sound almost too glad to hear Apple is considering this censorship.
Prove me wrong or see your community numbers plumit.
Welcome to the USSA. They must silence all dissent. There's absolutely nothing going on here today that is any different than what's been going on in Hong Kong, so Big Tech has the playbook down pat.
And it's the right of some users not to use the products that do this. As long as Google allows sideloading (provided Parler will make a standalone app), some pissed off customers just might jump ship.
Why not ban Facebook and Twitter since many blm supporters used it to start riots and spread hate also they let terrorists on the platform but that’s ok for them
Because virtually 100s of millions of people around the world use Twitter. Inciting hate and violence also happens on Twitter but is only a small part and tightly moderated. On Parler the incitement makes up a huge part of all postings and there is almost no moderation at all. The terrorists call that free speech.
From John Matze, a Parler founder:
The media tried to claim that "The Insurrection" was organized on Parler. There are quite a few problems with this.
1) Parler has no way to organize anything, Facebook groups was used heavily to organize the protests.
2) Protests are constitutionally protected.
3) Bad actors turned the protest into a riot.
I know the media and everyone wants to point fingers and place blame. It is convenient for them to turn Parler into a scape goat. The reality that everyone pointing fingers is to blame, We need to start thinking critically again and stop blaming one another. We MUST try to humanize one another again not dehumanize by leveraging witch hunt tactics which will accomplish the opposite of their intended purposes.
The media tried to claim that "The Insurrection" was organized on Parler. There are quite a few problems with this.
1) Parler has no way to organize anything, Facebook groups was used heavily to organize the protests.
2) Protests are constitutionally protected.
3) Bad actors turned the protest into a riot.
I know the media and everyone wants to point fingers and place blame. It is convenient for them to turn Parler into a scape goat. The reality that everyone pointing fingers is to blame, We need to start thinking critically again and stop blaming one another. We MUST try to humanize one another again not dehumanize by leveraging witch hunt tactics which will accomplish the opposite of their intended purposes.
Can you share more about what political ideas are being censored?
The answer to that should be obvious. Leftists allow themselves to protest, to the point of violence. Anybody else they brand with "Riots, sedition, terrorism, etc"
Are they going to do this with every single app? I don’t even like Trump, but this is over the line. Step back and think about it, this is full thought control. What if Apple doesn’t like how Parlor moderates?
LOL! For those saying this is like China censorship it's actually not. Trump has violated Twitter's TOS hundreds of times but was afforded leeway because of his position. Everyone else is subjected to the same rules. Note the POTUS account has not been banned only his personal account. He can continue to tweet under the POTUS account.
I agree with the decision that Apple took. Freedom is speech is not a licence to abuse, it's a responsibility and hate speech is not free speech. It's illegal by law in many countries where there is such thing as free speech.
In my country, the netherlands, we appreciate free speech. The Netherlands is ranked 5th on the list of countries where there is freedom of press and speech, see: https://rsf.org/en/ranking_table
So, I don't take it lightly when stating that it's a good thing that Trump's twitter account has been permanently blocked, but when there is hatred that inspires some people to act violently then you're crossing a border. Inspiring violence is that border.
In my country, the netherlands, we appreciate free speech. The Netherlands is ranked 5th on the list of countries where there is freedom of press and speech, see: https://rsf.org/en/ranking_table
So, I don't take it lightly when stating that it's a good thing that Trump's twitter account has been permanently blocked, but when there is hatred that inspires some people to act violently then you're crossing a border. Inspiring violence is that border.
So this is what unity looks like. Wonderful.
Yes, it was so non-violent that five people died including a police officer and somewhere around 50 other officers were hospitalized.WTF is going on here?! Video shows Capitol police opening the doors, standing aside, and inviting protesters inside
Excuse us while we adjust our tinfoil hats but this looks a lot like the Capitol police not only ope
And here is video of that "violent invasion" of the Capital Building when Capital Police opened the doors and stood aside to invite Trump supporters into the building. At 22 seconds into the video you see one Capital Police Officer say "I disagree with you, but respect your..." then the audio becomes inaudible as the person recording the video keeps moving into the building. I didn't really see the much violence in this video of people "storming" the capital building.
True.. and they are users on Parlor 😁
There is a big difference between
"Lets ban these apps because they are fraudulently stealing from us "Fortnite
"Lets ban this app because it sneakily steals your data and spies on you for the chinese government" Tiktok
from
"Lets ban this app because uh people might like uh talk to each other and plan things that uh are uh or uh might be uh bad". - Parler.
No but this is what a strawman argument looks like.
I remember people complaining about all the apps when all that they said was needed was a web browser.
It was organized ON Parler, not BY Parler. Protests are protected, but NOT VIOLENCE OR INSURRECTION. Seriously.... I just can't with you people anymore.
Hat tip to Apple and Mr. Cook for taking action. Just pull the app.
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