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The final spate of complaints about Parler before Apple and Amazon kicked them off the internet (loosely speaking) included the frequent presence of Parler post
by uniqueid 6y ago
The final spate of complaints about Parler before Apple and Amazon kicked them off the internet (loosely speaking) included the frequent presence of Parler posts with death threats (against Pence, Pelosi, etc)
As someone in the pro-censorship camp (private censorship, at any rate) I find it exasperating that Matze sees no parallel.
- ardy42 6y ago> As someone in the pro-censorship camp (private censorship, at any rate) I find it exasperating that Matze sees no parallel. Their "reasoning" nowadays seems to consist of self-serving double standards, false equivalencies, trolling, and conspiracy theories. It's exasperating, but to be expected.
- kyrra 6y agoSadly it wasn't just Parler. Twitter had had a trending topic for a few hours on that day of "Hang Mike Pence". https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/jan/10/hang-mike-pence-twitter-stops-phrase-trending-capitol-breach https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/jan/10/hang-mike-pe... As well, it is being argument that the tech companies are working at the governments behest in their censoring. See: https://www.wsj.com/articles/save-the-constitution-from-big-tech-11610387105 https://www.wsj.com/articles/save-the-constitution-from-big-...
- pseudalopex 6y agoThe article said it trended on Saturday. It trended because people talked about the insurrectionists chanting it. And Twitter blocked it within hours.