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Re:Amazon, Apple and Google Cut Off Parler by babelfish on Saturday January 09, 2021 @08:17PM (#25707271)
Apple, and any other multinational corporation, is under no obligation to host inflammatory hate speech seeking to incite an insurrection against the US Govt.
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Re:Amazon, Apple and Google Cut Off Parler by holler on Saturday January 09, 2021 @09:07PM (#25707903)
What would you call this?

https://twitter.com/adbusters/status/1288193793267625984

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Re:Amazon, Apple and Google Cut Off Parler by babelfish on Saturday January 09, 2021 @09:17PM (#25708017)
That should clearly also be removed.
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Re:Amazon, Apple and Google Cut Off Parler by jpxw on Saturday January 09, 2021 @08:22PM (#25707336)
If I had a dollar for every time someone made this point...

The issue isn’t whether they have the right to deplatform. The issue is whether they _should_.

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Re:Amazon, Apple and Google Cut Off Parler by babelfish on Saturday January 09, 2021 @08:30PM (#25707446)
Of course they should. Why shouldn’t they remove platforms that almost solely contain hate speech and insurrectionist content? Half the stuff said on Parler could constitute a hate crime, and frankly, they should have been removed from the App Store/Play Store ages ago.
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Re:Amazon, Apple and Google Cut Off Parler by klmadfejno on Saturday January 09, 2021 @08:44PM (#25707641)
I would agree. I don't think apple should be allowed to prevent side loading. And certainly not accessing things from email. But by all means, if you're running a curated store of apps, don't sell tickets to the white supremacist show
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Re:Amazon, Apple and Google Cut Off Parler by konjin on Saturday January 09, 2021 @08:21PM (#25707327)
So why haven't they banned twitter for hosting Chinese government accounts?
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Re:Amazon, Apple and Google Cut Off Parler by babelfish on Saturday January 09, 2021 @08:32PM (#25707477)
Can you link me to a Chinese government official’s Twitter account calling for an insurrection in the United States while spewing derogatory hate speech against minorities?
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