{"id":68453,"date":"2021-01-09T09:57:53","date_gmt":"2021-01-09T14:57:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=68453"},"modified":"2021-01-09T10:26:47","modified_gmt":"2021-01-09T15:26:47","slug":"big-tech-to-ban-parler-over-lack-of-content-moderation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/big-tech-to-ban-parler-over-lack-of-content-moderation\/","title":{"rendered":"Big tech to ban Parler over lack of content moderation"},"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\">20<\/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%2Fbig-tech-to-ban-parler-over-lack-of-content-moderation%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=68453&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--><p><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"316\" height=\"210\" src=\"https:\/\/dzm0ugdauank9.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/GettyImages-1225872875-316x210.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"float:left;margin:0 15px 15px 0\" \/><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2355624\" style=\"width: 667px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2355624\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-large wp-image-2355624\" src=\"https:\/\/dzm0ugdauank9.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/GettyImages-1225872875-657x437.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"657\" height=\"437\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-2355624\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">This picture shows the social media application logo from Parler displayed on a smartphone with its website in the background on July 2, 2020. (Photo by OLIVIER DOULIERY\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h5>OAN Newsroom<br \/>\nUPDATED 6:57 AM PT \u2013 Saturday, January 9, 2021<\/h5>\n<p>A social networking service known as Parler is facing immense pressure from big tech companies to strengthen its content moderation policies.<\/p>\n<p>On Friday, Google and Apple both suspended Parler from their app stores, claiming some of the political posts on the platform incite violence and need to be regulated. A spokesperson for Google said the suspension will remain in place until developers submit a detailed content moderation plan and address what he called a &#8220;public safety threat.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The company noted that the measure will not impact Parler&#8217;s availability on the web, nor will it remove the app from the devices of existing users.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Apple has taken a more aggressive approach, giving Parler 24 hours to improve its content moderation or be removed indefinitely from the app store.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Now Apple &amp; Google are threatening to ban Parler to stop people from going to any alternative platform.<\/p>\n<p>They are creating a monopoly. They want NO IDEAS or CONVERSATIONS that they are not able to control. <\/p>\n<p>They do not want conservatives communicating with one another.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Candace Owens (@RealCandaceO) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RealCandaceO\/status\/1347721683210268675?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 9, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Though founded in 2018, Parler recently made a name for itself as the social media alternative for those who have been banned from or silenced on the major social media sites like Twitter and Facebook.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Parler isn\u2019t a \u201cRight wing\u201d app, it just protects freedom of speech. It\u2019s viewpoint neutral.<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s what our digital overlords are so worried about: free expression. Democrats can\u2019t allow a place to share ideas without their thumb on the scale. <\/p>\n<p>Worth asking why<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Buck Sexton (@BuckSexton) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BuckSexton\/status\/1347906659444789248?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 9, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Some noteworthy users include Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) and Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.), who turned to the platform earlier this year after their voices were largely silenced elsewhere.<\/p>\n<p>In the midst of the recent ban, many agree Silicon Valley has gone too far.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We can&#8217;t just revoke someone&#8217;s voice because we don&#8217;t agree with what they say,&#8221; University of Buffalo Professor Monica Stephens said.<\/p>\n<p>Despite the threats, Parler CEO John Matze is standing his ground, assuring he will not comply with Apple and Google&#8217;s demands. He went on to accuse the companies of applying standards to Parler that they don&#8217;t apply to their own services.<\/p>\n<p>He added that America &#8220;already lost if speech has to be restricted or censored in order to keep the country safe.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h4>MORE NEWS:<a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/twitter-permanently-bans-president-trumps-account\/\"> Twitter Permanently Bans President Trump\u2019s Account<\/a><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This picture shows the social media application logo from &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2180646,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/dzm0ugdauank9.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/GettyImages-1225872875-316x210.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"Big tech to ban Parler over lack of content moderation","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-68453","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/dzm0ugdauank9.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/GettyImages-1225872875-316x210.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"Big tech to ban Parler over lack of content moderation","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68453","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=68453"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68453\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2180646"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=68453"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=68453"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=68453"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}