Google suspending Parler from the Google Play store

Post by finder83 » Sat, Jan 09, 2021, 9:12 AM UTC

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Why do you think there was a seditious conspiracy? Do you really honestly believe that a few hundred people marching onto the capitol have the ability to destabilize the country? Remember, we have layers upon layers of armed forces that would end any such attempt very very easily. I think this incident was more realistically just a bunch of amped up protesters who got caught up in the moment and crossed a physical ba…

Huh, that's pretty crazy, especially with AOC herself writing up impeachment papers: "Sunrise planned a sit-in in Pelosi's office and asked Representative-elect Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez to help them publicize the event, which she instead decided to join herself...The sit-in took place on November 13. Over 250 protesters showed up to occupy Pelosi's office, with 51 being arrested by Capitol Police." https://en.m.wikip…

Post by im3w1l » Sat, Jan 09, 2021, 9:49 AM UTC

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Parler is a twitter competitor. After Donald Trump and several other people were banned from Twitter and Facebook, people were thinking about moving over to Parler. After about a day Google and Apple banned Parler from their appstores. Four big tech giants Apple, Google, Facebook, Twitter - they are cooperating and coordinating in destroying people they don't like. At this point this fourheaded beast is the most powe…

This should be an opportunity for competing company to differentiate themself by offering to support parler.

Post by AsyncAwait » Sat, Jan 09, 2021, 10:28 AM UTC

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Wow, is this the great purge? I don’t support certain people, but man I don’t think this is going to end well. This censorship just seems crazy to me.

The purge has been happening for years. I hate how people on HN is praising this. There are literally few alternatives for the average person apart from Google and eyeProducts. I have a PinePhone, but what percentage of America can truly put in the effort to use one? If you cannot install an run your own software on a device, you do not own the device. You cannot praise the removal of Gab or Parlor now and complain l…

Post by three_seagrass » Sat, Jan 09, 2021, 10:37 AM UTC

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It's not censorship, it's free market. These are private companies.

> These are private companies. So are Baidu and Tencent. Large companies are part of an industrial–congressional complex, with lobbying and political contributions on one side, political approval and threats of regulation on the other. Just because something is done by a private company, it doesn't mean that it's not the state or the government wielding its power. In the current political climate, and given how inter…

Post by shard972 » Sat, Jan 09, 2021, 10:54 AM UTC

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> pearl-clutching Pearl clutching? Odd. I've heard people say that all summer long about those afraid of the "peaceful protests" turned violent riots that burned down cities and devastated business. This violence was encouraged by all types of politicians on the left and all the big media networks as well: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1eQzLcO5qhY A small number of people at an almost entirely non-violent rally, a…

Dude, there were pipe bombs and militia boys with guns and handcuffs. The rest of the crowd aside, I’m pretty sure this was supposed to be a show. Not comparable. We were close to a congressional decapitation on live TV.