Re:Amazon, Apple and Google Cut Off Parler
by prh8 on Saturday January 09, 2021 @09:52PM
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I'm not sure how you could come to that conclusion when Parler has been specifically used to plan more violence this week, after many of the people involved have been booted from Twitter.
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Re:Amazon, Apple and Google Cut Off Parler
by AuryGlenz on Saturday January 09, 2021 @09:57PM
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And Twitter (along with Reddit and Facebook) wasn’t used to plan violence during the protests last summer?
Re:Amazon, Apple and Google Cut Off Parler
by CodeShmode on Saturday January 09, 2021 @10:12PM
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Show us the BLM tweet equivalent of "We need to systematically start assassinating Liberal leaders"
Re:Amazon, Apple and Google Cut Off Parler
by ImprovedSilence on Saturday January 09, 2021 @10:27PM
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well... there's a #killallcops. I'm sure a quick googling could find you plenty more.. : https://twitter.com/hashtag/killallcops?lang=en
Re:Amazon, Apple and Google Cut Off Parler
by CodeShmode on Sunday January 10, 2021 @12:56AM
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Would you consider that hashtag to have serious intent to incite people to commit acts of violence?
Re:Amazon, Apple and Google Cut Off Parler
by ImprovedSilence on Sunday January 10, 2021 @08:30AM
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The same level of seriousness as any other violence condoning call. In that its hard to gauge intent and willingness to follow through vs. “just saying it”..? where do you draw the line? Do you let one group call for un mitigated violence against a group of people, but not another group, just because you personally dont believe they are serious, even if it might inspire other to take action..?
Re:Amazon, Apple and Google Cut Off Parler
by CodeShmode on Sunday January 10, 2021 @07:54PM
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Yes, context is important. If someone makes a call to violence that is not intended to be taken seriously and is not at risk of being taken seriously that is different from making a call to violence in the hope that someone picks it up at a time when people are likely to act on it.
There is a test for this decided at the supreme court level: inciteful speech can only be prohibited if the speech is "directed to inciting or producing imminent lawless action."
Re:Amazon, Apple and Google Cut Off Parler
by alisonkisk on Saturday January 09, 2021 @10:06PM
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No, it wasn't.