Apple has threatened to ban Parler from the App Store

Re:Apple has threatened to ban Parler from the App Store by handedness on Friday January 08, 2021 @10:03PM (#25695927)

You have a rosier view of five years ago than I do.

Anyway, demagogues are products of their respective times. To focus on them and their personalities and their rhetoric is to completely miss the forest.

Edit: In fact, that approach is part of what gives them their power. And it certainly makes avoiding their ascent nearly impossible.

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Re:Apple has threatened to ban Parler from the App Store by bun_at_work on Friday January 08, 2021 @11:02PM (#25696720)

Miss what forest, specifically?

I agree with you about demagogues being products of their times. In this case it seems the forest being missed is social media platforms allowing intolerant content and the organization of domestic terrorism.

If that is your point, then I agree. Social media companies need to do more to fight against the pressures that allow demagogues rise to power. Deplatforming them seems like a good place to start.

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Re:Apple has threatened to ban Parler from the App Store by dumpsterdiver on Saturday January 09, 2021 @01:30AM (#25697991)

I think the parent poster means that if you focus on the proclivities of a leader, then you’re missing the point that they won a democratic election and that you might have bigger problems on your hands than a blowhard.

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Re:Apple has threatened to ban Parler from the App Store by walleeee on Saturday January 09, 2021 @08:52AM (#25700324)

One forest few seem to want to take seriously is: why do we pay so much attention to social media that all this is happening in the first place?

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