Tim Cook Defends Parler App Suspension: ‘We Don’t Consider That Free Speech’

Re:Tim Cook Defends Parler App Suspension: ‘We Don’t Conside... by throwaway19937 on Sunday January 17, 2021 @12:59PM (#25813021)

> Parler's CEO was interviewed by Megyn Kelly on her podcast a couple days ago, and if what he said is true, AWS is not being truthful. Of course we don't know who is telling the truth, but Parler is asking to release all the correspondence between the two companies, and AWS will not consent. It could very well just be standard legal best practice (since there is a lawsuit in progress), but it does give Parler some credibility. As soon as there is evidence I will re-evaluate where I can stand (not that it matters of course, but to me personally it does :-)

I don't think this adds to Parler's credibility. I'd say it's consistent with their self-portrayal as the innocent victim of a liberal conspiracy.

Parler's moderators were fine with content like https://i.redd.it/om90nwadqca61.png - it's not surprising that Apple, AWS, and Google found it unacceptable.

Making these emails public (even in a censored form) could expose AWS employees to doxxing, harassment, and worse. An email system administrator, for example, could use the text of an emails to identify which AWS employees corresponded with Parler.

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Re:Tim Cook Defends Parler App Suspension: ‘We Don’t Conside... by caseysoftware on Sunday January 17, 2021 @05:10PM (#25815621)

"X exists on Parler" and "Parler's moderators were fine with X" are completely different statements and the first does not imply the second.

To make such a claim, I assume you have a quote or Like (whatever the Parler equivalent was) from a moderator supporting it. Care to share it?

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Re:Tim Cook Defends Parler App Suspension: ‘We Don’t Conside... by throwaway19937 on Sunday January 17, 2021 @05:48PM (#25816047)

It's possible that Parler's moderators liked that comment but that seems unlikely; I'm sure some people are already going through their dataset looking for such things. It wouldn't surprise me at all if the left is creating/has created blacklists based on Parler accounts and postings.

My claim is that Parler's moderators and/or management is fine with such content existing on Parler - Amazon, Apple, and Google are not. Twitter has its own issues but comments like that aren't going to last 2 days.

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Re:Tim Cook Defends Parler App Suspension: ‘We Don’t Conside... by caseysoftware on Sunday January 17, 2021 @06:51PM (#25816530)

I understood your claim. I hoped it was based on facts vs what you imagine others think. Thanks for clarifying.

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Re:Tim Cook Defends Parler App Suspension: ‘We Don’t Conside... by gnusty_gnurc on Sunday January 17, 2021 @02:22PM (#25813943)

> as the innocent victim of a liberal conspiracy

It's fair to say that tech is majority liberal and it'd be simply dumb to contradict liberal orthodoxy to say unconscious bias doesn't exist.

So it's certainly fair to say that tech has an unconscious liberal bias and their actions are going to be harmful towards conservatives.

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Re:Tim Cook Defends Parler App Suspension: ‘We Don’t Conside... by throwaway19937 on Monday January 18, 2021 @08:47PM (#25829028)

I was referring to the comments by Parler's CEO that Amazon, Apple, Google and others banning them or ending service within a narrow window was the result of collusion.

I think it's a combination of avoiding liability and Parler's failing to comply with moderation policies.

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