Amazon, Apple and Google Cut Off Parler

Re:Amazon, Apple and Google Cut Off Parler by 015UUZn8aEvW on Saturday January 09, 2021 @10:45PM (#25709474)

How many violent attacks have resulted from activity on Facebook?

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Re:Amazon, Apple and Google Cut Off Parler by kart23 on Saturday January 09, 2021 @10:57PM (#25709656)

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-46105934

There have been tons of instances of mob killings incited on Facebook in other countries.

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Re:Amazon, Apple and Google Cut Off Parler by shuckles on Saturday January 09, 2021 @11:12PM (#25709846)

Seems like Facebook should play a bigger role in preventing that than it does.

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Re:Amazon, Apple and Google Cut Off Parler by samatman on Saturday January 09, 2021 @11:13PM (#25709859)

Or uh, ahem, y'know, Twitter.

How quickly we forget the Arab Spring.

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Re:Amazon, Apple and Google Cut Off Parler by woofcat on Saturday January 09, 2021 @10:47PM (#25709509)

Yeah, and 4Chan has about half a dozen mass killings to their name.

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Re:Amazon, Apple and Google Cut Off Parler by easterncalculus on Saturday January 09, 2021 @11:07PM (#25709777)

I think the argument being made here is that Parler doesn't care as much as Facebook about bad things happening.

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Re:Amazon, Apple and Google Cut Off Parler by megous on Saturday January 09, 2021 @10:59PM (#25709686)

Probably many. Especially in countries where organized lynching is still a thing.

You can certainly find reports of people proudly sharing the videos of doing the lynching on social media. So I don't see why it wouldn't be organized via social media too.

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Re:Amazon, Apple and Google Cut Off Parler by joe_the_user on Saturday January 09, 2021 @10:57PM (#25709652)

Violent attacks on seats of government do tend to get attention and extra sanctions, I think we can admit that.

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