The Parler social media app on Apple’s App Store. Stephen Shankland/CNET Google and Apple are… Source link
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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 »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 »Google removes Parler app from Google Play Store
Sundar Pichai, CEO of Google Anindito Mukherjee | Bloomberg | Getty Images Google has removed Parler, a social media app popular with Trump supporters, from the Google Play Store, making it much harder for Android users to download and access the app. Google said in a statement that its requires social media apps to have content moderation policies that remove posts that incite violence, and that posts on Parler were encouraging further violence after the U.S. Capitol riot earlier this week. The… Source link
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