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Amazon, Apple and Google Cut Off Parler

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Re: Amazon, Apple and Google Cut Off Parler

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Post by sanguy »

jpxw wrote: post #23

Regardless of your political persuasion, you should be concerned about this. Massive multinational corporations having this much power over our speech is not healthy. If they can do this to a sitting President of the US, they can do it to every single one of us.

This is true.

The latest from Twitter, claiming that by Trump stating he will not attend the Biden inauguration, he is somehow insinuating that Biden is an illegitimate president and encouraging retaliation and therefore cause for a permanent ban is completely contrived to justify them doing what they wanted to do.

This is nothing more than pandering to those about to assume power. As we all know Twitter, Facebook, Google/YouTube have been summoned to the senate many times to testify over privacy and such issues. I am quite sure they are working hard to ensure the future administration is a bit more lenient.

We should be more worried over the thousands of other vocal conservatives and constitutionalists who have been deleted in the past 48 hours. This is silencing freedom of political choice.

EDIT: Downvotes shows that cancel culture is alive and well.

Re: Amazon, Apple and Google Cut Off Parler

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Post by bishnu »

I find no fault with the social network bans, and I don't even mind the Google Play Store ban (given the ability to sideload apps, including alternate app stores, on Android), but totally banning an app from an OS like this does give me pause.

Re: Amazon, Apple and Google Cut Off Parler

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Post by ipnon »

There was an essay in N+1 years ago called Googlebang, the thesis being that the proliferation of pornography on the Web was in no small part due to the sexual liberty proliferate in the San Francisco Bay Area that continues to this day. That was the seed that the abundant network effects spread far and wide.

I think we can attribute the same source to the phenomenon of reactionary politics being relegated to the Dark Web. It's not that social media companies silence right-wingers per se: right-wingers don't found social media companies.

Re: Amazon, Apple and Google Cut Off Parler

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Post by mjfl »

I've read comments saying, "if you don't like Apple's policies, build a new smartphone." Are these people aware that that the same type of argument lead to the creation of parler: "if you don't like twitter censorship, build a new platform". It will be built. What then?

At this point we are heading towards a complete mitosis of our information channels based on political ideology.

Re: Amazon, Apple and Google Cut Off Parler

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Post by sharatvir »

user-the-name wrote: post #93

At what exact point, I wonder, will Hacker News stop complaining about slippery slopes and freedom of speech, and actually consider the possibility that they might lose a whole lot more than the ability to run an app? That they might, reasonably, lose the privilege of living in a functioning democracy? That maybe there are more pressing concerns than what apps they can run on their phones? More pressing concerns than…

It’s telling when people are more scared about some people being banned from a an online forum than they are about an insurrection and death threats toward the Vice President and members of Congress.

Re: Amazon, Apple and Google Cut Off Parler

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Post by b0bb1z3r0 »

No law says Apple has to allow side loading afaik. Twitter isn’t mandatory. You choose to install it and create an account and tweet. Seems like a bunch of Trumpers hijacked this thread to argue in favor of punishing “someone” because Trump got booted. Apple isn’t obligated to “distribute” Parler via their App Store. Just because you can’t come into “my house” and scream your bs, doesn’t mean you’re being censored. How about that?
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