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Google removes Parler from Google Play store, following Donald Trump getting banned from Twitter and joining the site
- Thread starter Schlorgan
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Three would take a long time unless they completely drop an api or something. They should fully revoke their dev license to not allow the cloud services and alerts.
Still appears on Google Play for me but it looks like that's cause of my history when I reported it before. If you type out Parler and hit enter the app does not show.
If Google is doing it, Apple isn't far behind. In situations like this, it generally is something of a waiting game for the first one to 'take the heat' so to speak. Which is rather sad, but is what it is.
Never let them fucking spin this into a "big tech censorship" debate, which they will try to do.
All the insanely extreme posts need to be blasted and shared everywhere to remind users of what far right extremism looks like. Literally there are posts calling for the execution of Mike Pence, which I imagine would divide many of the softer Trump supporters/republicans
All the insanely extreme posts need to be blasted and shared everywhere to remind users of what far right extremism looks like. Literally there are posts calling for the execution of Mike Pence, which I imagine would divide many of the softer Trump supporters/republicans
Happened earlier
r/conservative needs to be banned or all mods stripped+flaired users only mode removed. It's just an echo chamber a notch below Parler.
Take away their DDOS protection. Cloudflare suspending services is how 8chan was brought down.
I was expecting Apple to pull the trigger first, but go Google.
And man it is so glorious watching the few remaining chud bastions and stalwarts on social media meltdown.
And man it is so glorious watching the few remaining chud bastions and stalwarts on social media meltdown.
If the app is being used to incite violence, Apple will need to do more than delist it from the Store; they'll need to disable it on iPhones.
Apple is such a stickler with what can be on their platform, there's no way they'll allow that app to stay now that Google has kicked it out.
Why would they? Apple gave them 24 hours. That's why I stated earlier I'm surprised they didn't just pull the plug. Glad google went full nuke here because it mitigates the damage faster
Creating even a twitter clone with decent scale isn't something you can just whip up in a couple of months. Especially if Google and Apple are going to require active moderation, which seems to be the case.
Because I didn't think Google had the balls to pull the app first. Wasn't there another app that got pulled from Apple first?
It doesn't fully solve the issue, but just look how nuts Facebook or Epic went when it was "just" about them increasing or at least keeping their bottom line. Being delisted from the AppStore will kill off any growth to the platform.
This coming just an hour after Donalds ban from Twitter is unfortunate for them.
YES. Deplatforming works! The common smartphone user isn't going to bother to sideload an app to their phone. Thank you Google, really.
Apple, your turn!
Apple, your turn!
A great man once said, there are decades where nothing happens, and there are weeks where decades happen. I don't know about decades but this week has been a lively one.