Apple has threatened to ban Parler from the App Store

Re:Apple has threatened to ban Parler from the App Store by ENOTTY on Friday January 08, 2021 @06:39PM (#25692344)

There are a lot of posts on Parler calling for violence, which violate Parler's terms of service. Parler itself doesn't appear to have strategy for moderating these posts.

Apple's ultimatum demands Parler implement a plan for enforcing its own terms of service, and reduce the probability that Parler is used to incite violence.

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Re:Apple has threatened to ban Parler from the App Store by bebopcowboy on Friday January 08, 2021 @07:20PM (#25693167)

There are a lot of people on Twitter calling for violence, Apple and Twitter don’t care as long as it’s directed at the right people.

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Re:Apple has threatened to ban Parler from the App Store by alkonaut on Saturday January 09, 2021 @04:57AM (#25699042)

Twitter definitely has a moderation strategy and actively is following it. It doesn’t mean it’s 100% but that it’s a good faith attempt to do so. Trying to argue Twitter systematically allows death threats to some people while banning others is an extraordinary claim that you should back up with proof (or remove).

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Re:Apple has threatened to ban Parler from the App Store by mleonhard on Saturday January 09, 2021 @01:04AM (#25697827)

Your reply is whataboutism. Whataboutism is not part of respectful productive discussions.

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Re:Apple has threatened to ban Parler from the App Store by shakkhar on Saturday January 09, 2021 @06:59AM (#25699660)

It's not whataboutism. It highlights the hypocrisy of such "policy enforcement".

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Re:Apple has threatened to ban Parler from the App Store by originalvichy on Saturday January 09, 2021 @06:05PM (#25706006)

It is because Twitter is an older platform and obviously has an active moderation team. It seems either Parler is unwilling or overwhelmed to clean up shit.

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