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A comment on Amazon, Apple and Google Cut Off Parler.

Re:Amazon, Apple and Google Cut Off Parler by listless on Saturday January 09, 2021 @10:54PM (#25709606)
It seems like Parler gives law enforcement an easy way to track these folks and see what they’re planning. Is it really a good idea to send them underground?

I’m also reading a lot about how you can’t incite violence. We should all be able to agree on that. What concerns me is that many used Facebook/Twitter over the summer to plan riots, bombing of federal buildings and even seceding from the USA in Seattle. The problem is not that we shouldn’t take action against this stuff. The problem is that we’re doing it selectively. This is sure to worsen the scenario all around.

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Re:Amazon, Apple and Google Cut Off Parler by GaryNumanVevo on Sunday January 10, 2021 @12:30AM (#25710734)
Most domestic terrorism leads are surfaced through confidential informants / undercover agents. The number of groups planning / with the capabilities to commit terror are small. The Michigan kidnapping plot was effectively a bunch of guys with almost no skills, they were recruiting an "explosives expert" and it was an easy in for an undercover FBI agent to infiltrate the group.
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Re:Amazon, Apple and Google Cut Off Parler by curlyQueue on Saturday January 09, 2021 @11:30PM (#25710053)
Beautifully put... would love someone to respond to this in a meaningful way :-) Thanks for asking.
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Re:Amazon, Apple and Google Cut Off Parler by Tokkemon on Sunday January 10, 2021 @02:11AM (#25711787)
The difference is this event was the heart of the government being attacked by another branch of the government. That crosses a line from though-experiment to existential threat.
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