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Re:How Silicon Valley destroyed Parler by watwut on Tuesday January 12, 2021 @02:12PM (#25751884)
> These all occurred in large numbers during between the death of George Floyd and the Capitol Riot. How many times did big tech step and and stop the coordinating efforts for those protests/riots?

They did closed accounts that called for violence. I have literally seen that. Both twitter and facebook. Not perfectly, but they did not refused to delete tweets or whole accounts.

Re:How Silicon Valley destroyed Parler by j_walter on Tuesday January 12, 2021 @03:13PM (#25752818)
There are dozens of accounts for groups in Portland that aren't specifically calling for violence because they use code words. Despite violence happening constantly for 5+ months at the events being organized...

I haven't actually seen any proof that the Capitol riot was anything other than a protest that got out of hand (like what was described every time there was violence and riots after BLM protests across the country). It only takes a few dozen agitators to get a mob mentality going.

Facebook suspended #WalkAway, a group of 500K people that joined to support leaving the Democrats because they were being alienated by their policies (their words, not mine). No threats, no violence. Straight up deleted the group with no recourse by the organizers. All Facebook said was that the page allegedly ran afoul of “hateful, threatening, or obscene” content, but no proof was actually given.

https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2021/jan/8/brandon-stra...

Re:How Silicon Valley destroyed Parler by kofejnik on Tuesday January 12, 2021 @02:28PM (#25752138)
https://twitter.com/adbusters/status/1288193793267625984 is still up

"On September 17, 2020 we will lay siege to The @WhiteHouse for exactly fifty days.

We need your wisdom and expertise to pull off a radically democratic toneshift in our politics.

Are you ready for #revolution?

This is the #WhiteHouseSiege"

1k retweets

Re:How Silicon Valley destroyed Parler by johnmaguire2013 on Tuesday January 12, 2021 @02:55PM (#25752534)
https://twitter.com/Adbusters/status/1289363787879915522

Doesn't seem they were advocating for violence.

Re:How Silicon Valley destroyed Parler by weaksauce on Tuesday January 12, 2021 @03:09PM (#25752750)
because they didn't call for a violent overthrow of the government but a peaceful jazz fest like they had 9 years prior. they are calling for an occupy wallstreet 2.0

https://www.adbusters.org/campaigns/whitehousesiege-tactical...

the stuff that parler was leaving up was outright sedition and calls for violence.

Re:How Silicon Valley destroyed Parler by lwheelock on Tuesday January 12, 2021 @03:05PM (#25752686)
> Fifty days — September 17th to November 3rd. > > Let us once again summon the sweet, revolutionary nonviolence that was our calling card in Zuccotti Park.

If your stated intent explicitly calls for ‘non-violence’, I expect this doesn’t violate ToS despite potential inferences from the sensational branding.

I never heard of this before so I don’t even know what happened on Sept. 17. Was it violent?