by: Kevin Accettulla and Nexstar Media Wire Posted: Jan 8, 2021 / 08:55 PM EST / Updated: Jan 8, 2021 / 09:21 PM EST Parler user scrolls through feed of Fox News host Sean Hannity. (NEXSTAR) MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. (WBTW) — Google has removed Parler from its app store, the latest restriction on President Trump’s access to social media after he called for his followers to march to the U.S. Capitol Wednesday, where… Source link
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Google removes right-wing app Parler from app store, Apple gives warning
by: Kevin Accettulla and Nexstar Media Wire Posted: Jan 8, 2021 / 08:45 PM EST / Updated: Jan 8, 2021 / 09:20 PM EST Parler user scrolls through feed of Fox News host Sean Hannity. (NEXSTAR) MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. (WBTW) — Google has removed Parler from its app store, the latest restriction on President Trump’s access to social media after he called for his followers to march to the U.S. Capitol Wednesday, where… Source link
Read More »Google Play suspends Parler until app develops moderation policies
Google suspended the social media platform Parler on Friday from its Google Play app store until the “Twitter for conservatives” adopts content moderation policies following the attack on the U.S. Capitol by a mob of President Donald Trump supporters. Parler, founded in 2018, has found traction among conservative users looking for alternatives to more mainstream apps like Facebook and Twitter, which moderate content more rigorously. Parler has banned users for trolling conservatives but… Source link
Read More »Google suspends ‘free speech’ app Parler
Apple has warned Parler it will be removed from the App Store on Saturday in a letter published by Buzzfeed News. Source link
Read More »Google Kicks Parler Off Its Play Store, And An Apple Ban Could Be Next
Topline Right-wing social media app Parler has been suspended from the Google Play store until it comes up with a plan to moderate its content, while Apple has reportedly given the platform a 24-hour window to present its plan or it also faces a ban from the App store. The “free speech” platform needs a moderation plan by Saturday or its off the App store, Apple … [+] reportedly said. (Photo by OLIVIER DOULIERY/AFP via Getty Images) AFP via Getty Images … Source link
Read More »Google bans Parler app and Apple could do the same after Capitol Hill attack
The Parler social media app on Apple’s App Store. Stephen Shankland/CNET Google and Apple are… Source link
Read More »Parler Pitched Itself as Twitter Without Rules. Apple and Google Said Not Anymore.
Parler is one of the hottest apps in the world, a social network that has attracted millions of conservatives over the past year with its hands-off approach to policing users’ posts. And with the news that President Trump had been kicked off Twitter and Facebook, Parler was the odds-on bet to be his next soapbox. But just as it was gaining new clout, Parler is now suddenly faced with an existential crisis. On Friday, Apple told the company that it had to step up its policing of the… Source link
Read More »Facebook and Google Face a Growing Threat from Regulators
Text size Jackpongstock/Dreamstime.com I’ve always been skeptical about the push to sue, legislate, and regulate social media companies toward better… Source link
Read More »Google suspends Parler social networking app from Play Store; Apple gives 24-hour warning
By Elizabeth Culliford, Stephen Nellis (Reuters) – Alphabet Inc’s Google on Friday suspended the Parler social networking service from its app store, citing posts inciting violence and demanding “robust” content moderation from the app favored by many supporters of U.S. President Donald Trump. FILE PHOTO: The Apple Inc logo is seen hanging at the entrance to the Apple store on 5th Avenue in Manhattan, New York, U.S., October 16, 2019. REUTERS/Mike Segar Apple Inc on Friday also gave the… Source link
Read More »It’s too early to tell if USA coronavirus variant is driving spread
TipRanks Oppenheimer: These 3 Stocks Could Spike Over 80% Wall Street’s best firms don’t just look at the stocks, they look at the big picture, too. And Oppenheimer’s chief investment strategist, John Stoltzfus, is particularly adept at showing us the macro view. In his first note of the new year, Stoltzfus notes a series of factors that are going to impact the markets. The big news, of course, the 800-pound gorilla that cannot be ignored, is the ongoing COVID epidemic. The disease is… Source link
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