From whence is our right to free speech as US citizens officially derived?
SOCIAL MEDIA GIANTS OPPRESSING THE RIGHTS AND FREEDOMS OF AMERICANS
- Thread starter Old Man Jingles
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Was Parler shut down only because its userbase is largely Trump supporters?
Old Man Jingles
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DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE
Typical Georgian.
zubenelgenubi
I'm a star
Or simply people who prefer not to be censored? Specifically conservatives who are tired of fake checkers telling them lies and having other social media platforms force the lies down their throats.
That was a big part of it.
What did Amazon cite was going on with Parler when they announced it'd no longer be running on AWS? Hadn't Parler been running since 2018?
DriveInDriveOut
Inordinately Right
Now you're getting it. What changed.
Old Man Jingles
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Ron Paul Banned From Facebook For Inciting Dangerous Levels Of Liberty
"Our Community Standards clearly warn people and pages against inciting people to be free, live their lives, and take responsibility for their actions," said Mark Zuckerberg. "Ron Paul continued to violate these rules by stoking the fires of liberty among the young people of our nation. Now, young minds can be safe from Paul's radical idea that each of us should decide how to live our lives and that we should do unto others as we would want them to do unto us."
Sensing the end for freedom and liberty was nigh, Ron Paul grabbed his bugout bag, dug up his hidden stores of gold buried throughout his town, and drove to his secret compound at an undisclosed location in South Dakota to wait out the fall of the Republic. "Maybe the next generation will be ready for liberty," he said as the bunker door closed behind him.
"Our Community Standards clearly warn people and pages against inciting people to be free, live their lives, and take responsibility for their actions," said Mark Zuckerberg. "Ron Paul continued to violate these rules by stoking the fires of liberty among the young people of our nation. Now, young minds can be safe from Paul's radical idea that each of us should decide how to live our lives and that we should do unto others as we would want them to do unto us."
Sensing the end for freedom and liberty was nigh, Ron Paul grabbed his bugout bag, dug up his hidden stores of gold buried throughout his town, and drove to his secret compound at an undisclosed location in South Dakota to wait out the fall of the Republic. "Maybe the next generation will be ready for liberty," he said as the bunker door closed behind him.
Old Man Jingles
Rat out of a cage
It was discovered that the thirteen primary instigators in the Capitol invasion had planned their raid on Facebook and YouTube. Not on Parler. Yet that was used as a basis of claiming Parler was allowing political violence to be fomented. There's nothing that was on Parler that wasn't on Twitter except Parler allowed conservative opinions. Exactly the kind of criticism that liberals have leveled against talk radio and FOX News for decades. they can't stand conservatives being allowed to express opinions in public. Difference is Big Tech now has enough power to get rid of competitors. We're truly seeing what Leftists do if given the means to do it. What's next?
Probably the racist and violent rage Trumpees went into after it became clear that the insurrection at the Capitol had failed their God Emperor. Parler quickly became a hotbed for domestic terror talk and planning specifically because such communication is indeed moderated by other social media platforms.
Amazon hits back at Parler's antitrust lawsuit with extensive examples of its violent content, including death threats against Democrats, GOP, tech CEOs, and BLM
"Amazon cited more than a dozen examples of content posted to Parler that it said violated Amazon's policies.
"We are going to fight in a civil War on Jan.20th, Form MILITIAS now and acquire targets," one post said, according to the document, while another read: "White people need to ignite their racial identity and rain down suffering and death like a hurricane."
Other Parler posts cited included death threats against prominent Democrats such as former President Barack Obama, Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, as well as Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, and Sundar Pichai, CEO of Google's parent company Alphabet.
Parler users also took aim at people of color, Black Lives Matter activists, Jews, teachers, the media, and professional sports leagues including the NBA, NFL, MLB, and NHL. "
Bet you can find similar from Leftists on Twitter. The Capitol Building attack wasn't planned on Parler.
Nor will whatever next steps extremist Trumpees had started putting together for between now and January 20th. Thanks, AWS.
So you're happy to use authoritarian measures to quell free expression? How Orwellian.
zubenelgenubi
I'm a star
To shut down an entire company for stuff that some people might do is ludicrous. Being ok with that happening is worse.
Apple suspends Parler from App Store – TechCrunch
"We have always supported diverse points of view being represented on the App Store, but there is no place on our platform for threats of violence and illegal activity. Parler has not taken adequate measures to address the proliferation of these threats to people’s safety. We have suspended Parler from the App Store until they resolve these issues."
"To the developers of the Parler app,
Thank you for your response regarding dangerous and harmful content on Parler. We have determined that the measures you describe are inadequate to address the proliferation of dangerous and objectionable content on your app.
Parler has not upheld its commitment to moderate and remove harmful or dangerous content encouraging violence and illegal activity, and is not in compliance with the App Store Review Guidelines.
In your response, you referenced that Parler has been taking this content “very seriously for weeks.” However, the processes Parler has put in place to moderate or prevent the spread of dangerous and illegal content have proved insufficient. Specifically, we have continued to find direct threats of violence and calls to incite lawless action in violation of Guideline 1.1 – Safety – Objectionable Content.
Your response also references a moderation plan “for the time being,” which does not meet the ongoing requirements in Guideline 1.2 – Safety – User Generated content. While there is no perfect system to prevent all dangerous or hateful user content, apps are required to have robust content moderation plans in place to proactively and effectively address these issues. A temporary “task force” is not a sufficient response given the widespread proliferation of harmful content.
For these reasons, your app will be removed from the App Store until we receive an update that is compliant with the App Store Review Guidelines and you have demonstrated your ability to effectively moderate and filter the dangerous and harmful content on your service.
Regards,
App Review Board"
Thank you for your response regarding dangerous and harmful content on Parler. We have determined that the measures you describe are inadequate to address the proliferation of dangerous and objectionable content on your app.
Parler has not upheld its commitment to moderate and remove harmful or dangerous content encouraging violence and illegal activity, and is not in compliance with the App Store Review Guidelines.
In your response, you referenced that Parler has been taking this content “very seriously for weeks.” However, the processes Parler has put in place to moderate or prevent the spread of dangerous and illegal content have proved insufficient. Specifically, we have continued to find direct threats of violence and calls to incite lawless action in violation of Guideline 1.1 – Safety – Objectionable Content.
Your response also references a moderation plan “for the time being,” which does not meet the ongoing requirements in Guideline 1.2 – Safety – User Generated content. While there is no perfect system to prevent all dangerous or hateful user content, apps are required to have robust content moderation plans in place to proactively and effectively address these issues. A temporary “task force” is not a sufficient response given the widespread proliferation of harmful content.
For these reasons, your app will be removed from the App Store until we receive an update that is compliant with the App Store Review Guidelines and you have demonstrated your ability to effectively moderate and filter the dangerous and harmful content on your service.
Regards,
App Review Board"
refineryworker05
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republican voters are really going to put a lot energy into this irrelevant bs completely manufactured by republican celebs as a battle over free speech because it connects to their bizarre conspiracies about the all powerful left controlling everything and out to get republicans. This type of thinking is dangerous and leads to supporting violence. We maybe are in trouble man. Republican voters are fully in fantasyland do not care about helping actual Americans and are concerned with phony bs.
zubenelgenubi
I'm a star
All of which was ok up until...
