Amazon, Apple and Google Cut Off Parler

Re:Amazon, Apple and Google Cut Off Parler by user-the-name on Saturday January 09, 2021 @08:36PM (#25707530)

At what exact point, I wonder, will Hacker News stop complaining about slippery slopes and freedom of speech, and actually consider the possibility that they might lose a whole lot more than the ability to run an app? That they might, reasonably, lose the privilege of living in a functioning democracy?

That maybe there are more pressing concerns than what apps they can run on their phones? More pressing concerns than the ability to act like an asshole online? That maybe it's time to take the threat of the far right seriously?

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Re:Amazon, Apple and Google Cut Off Parler by sharatvir on Saturday January 09, 2021 @09:11PM (#25707947)

It’s telling when people are more scared about some people being banned from a an online forum than they are about an insurrection and death threats toward the Vice President and members of Congress.

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Re:Amazon, Apple and Google Cut Off Parler by lolpoliticsonhn on Saturday January 09, 2021 @08:58PM (#25707816)

While I personally disagree with any and all censorship, the real question here is who is allowed to decide the rules?

Even if we were all to agree that a specific ideology or narrative could be dangerous there is an issue with putting a central entity in a position of control.

As we have seen, rules are applied arbitrarily and even when there are defined rules, platforms continue to make any type of decision they want.

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Re:Amazon, Apple and Google Cut Off Parler by user-the-name on Sunday January 10, 2021 @05:18AM (#25713103)

Is that REALLY a bigger problem than a murderous crowd trying to overthrow democracy, egged on by the president?

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