{"id":1748385,"date":"2022-11-22T15:08:29","date_gmt":"2022-11-22T20:08:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1748385"},"modified":"2022-11-22T15:18:15","modified_gmt":"2022-11-22T20:18:15","slug":"activists-put-pressure-on-app-store-to-remove-twitter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/activists-put-pressure-on-app-store-to-remove-twitter\/","title":{"rendered":"Activists Put Pressure on App Store to Remove Twitter"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Factivists-put-pressure-on-app-store-to-remove-twitter%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1748385&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Leftwing-Activists-Ramp-up-Pressure-on-App-Store-to-De-platform-Twitter.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p><strong>Twitter is at risk of being deplatformed by the App store \u2018gatekeepers\u2019 Apple, Google Play, and Amazon, amid new owner Elon Musk\u2019s commitment to free speech.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The speculation came following Apple executive Phil Schiller deactivating his Twitter account days after Donald Trump\u2019s account was restored on the platform.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Apple\u2019s official Twitter account removed all its tweets.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMusk is playing a dangerous game that could spell game over for the platform he just bought,\u201d Fast Company <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fastcompany.com\/90815181\/why-apple-and-google-could-be-the-biggest-threat-to-elon-musks-anything-goes-version-of-twitter\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMusk\u2019s platforming of hateful content could get Twitter itself de-platformed,\u201d writes Clint Rainey, warning the company was on a \u201ccollision course\u201d with app store \u201cgatekeepers.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Rainey expressed anger after Musk culled the number of \u201cmoderators employed to track harmful content and enforce Twitter\u2019s rules against it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>RELATED: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailyfetched.com\/hillary-clinton-linked-dark-money-group-targeted-twitter-advertisers-amid-musk-takeover\/\">Hillary Clinton-Linked Dark Money Group Targeted Twitter Advertisers amid Musk Takeover<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Fast Company contacted Apple, Google, and Amazon to ask if they planned to deplatform the Twitter app itself, but they have yet to respond.<\/p>\n<p>The article notes how both Parler and Truth Social were banned from app stores before being forced to agree to more draconian moderation policies.<\/p>\n<p>But what these leftwing outlets are failing to report is Musk\u2019s moves to address <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailyfetched.com\/elon-musk-to-address-twitters-child-sexual-exploitation-issue-after-years-of-being-ignored\/\">Twitter\u2019s longstanding issue with child sexual exploitation<\/a> content after years of being ignored under the previous management.<\/p>\n<p>While many platforms actively fight against pornographic content showing child sexual exploitation (CSE), Twitter, before Musk acquired it, failed to make any significant effort to address the issue.<\/p>\n<p>In September, before Musk finalized the deal to buy the platform, Twitter was already facing trouble after several of its advertisers complained their ads were appearing next to child pornography.<\/p>\n<p>As <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailyfetched.com\/advertisers-dump-twitter-after-their-ads-appear-next-to-child-porn\/\">The Daily Fetched<\/a> <\/strong>reported at the time:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Advertisers, including DIRECTV, Thoughtworks, Dyson, Mazda, Forbes, and PBS Kids, suspended their campaigns after a Reuters report exposed the problem.<\/p>\n<p>Big brands, including Walt Disney Co, NBCUniversal, Coca-Cola Co, and even a children\u2019s hospital, were advertised on profile pages featuring child pornography, according to new research about child sex abuse online from the cybersecurity group Ghost Data.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cSome of tweets include keywords related to \u2018rape\u2019 and \u2018teens,\u2019 and appeared alongside promoted tweets from corporate advertisers, the Reuters review found. In one example, a promoted tweet for shoe and accessories brand Cole Haan appeared next to a tweet in which a user said they were \u2018trading teen\/child\u2019 content,\u201d Reuters reported.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Twitter is at risk of being deplatformed by the App store \u2018gatekeepers\u2019 Apple, Google Play, and Amazon, amid new owner Elon Musk\u2019s commitment to free speech. 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