Re:Pirate Bay founder thinks Parler’s inability to stay onli...
by newacct583 on Wednesday January 13, 2021 @11:21PM
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> and they banned appeals to violence from their site
Lin Wood, the president's election lawyer[1] LITERALLY called for VP Pence to be executed the week before the riot. This was shared everywhere on the internet, was shared right there on Parler like tens of thousands of times, and AFAIK was still up and unmoderated when the site was shut down.
Parler's moderation was a community-run thing. Effectively, popular users could say anything they liked.
There was no meaningful moderation at all.
[1] Or whatever. The relationships were totally muddled, but nonetheless this guy was a big thought leader among the Kraken set.
Lin Wood, the president's election lawyer[1] LITERALLY called for VP Pence to be executed the week before the riot. This was shared everywhere on the internet, was shared right there on Parler like tens of thousands of times, and AFAIK was still up and unmoderated when the site was shut down.
Parler's moderation was a community-run thing. Effectively, popular users could say anything they liked.
There was no meaningful moderation at all.
[1] Or whatever. The relationships were totally muddled, but nonetheless this guy was a big thought leader among the Kraken set.