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clearly they’re also violating the apple TOS, no? both platforms are somewhat similar in what they allow/reject.

• blagie 4y ago
  I don't think so. I think Google, Twitter, and friends don't like Trump, so they go out of their way to ban him. I don't think they're wrong to dislike Trump, but I think the treatment has the opposite of the desired effect: banning Trump simply validates what he tells his supporters. There are more nuanced tools which big tech could use; this feels a bit blunt.
  • xenospn 4y ago
    That's a misconception - there's a clear right-wing, pro-trump bias on all large social media platforms, consistently for years, and it's by design: https://www.theguardian.com/media/2021/feb/01/facebook-youtube-twitter-anti-conservative-claims-baseless-report-finds https://www.theguardian.com/media/2021/feb/01/facebook-youtu...
• CharlesW 4y ago
  > clearly they’re also violating the apple TOS, no? Google's decision certainly gives Apple some PR ground cover if they decide to ban it as well. However, Apple may not want to do that at this time. https://www.politico.com/news/2022/08/26/justice-department-antitrust-apple-00053939 https://www.politico.com/news/2022/08/26/justice-department-... Also: If Apple bans Truth Social for "lacking effective systems for moderating user-generated content", one has to ask whether Twitter is any better in this regard. You can't be a person in the public eye on Twitter without regularly receiving hate speech, death threats, etc. either.
  • xenospn 4y ago
    Didn't they remove Tumblr for this very reason at one point?