In a statement the internet monolith outlined the suspension would only be lifted when “robust” content modifications are made to the platform: “In order to protect user safety on Google Play, our longstanding policies require that apps displaying user-generated content have moderation policies and enforcement that removes egregious content like posts that incite violence.”
What, Parler, you say you didn’t get the memo? Google further emphasized that “all developers agree to these terms and we have reminded Parler of this clear policy in recent months.”
Tech giant Apple in turn announced Friday that Parler would have 24 hours to submit a detailed moderation plan. Such a move elicited a swift retort from Parler chief executive John Matze, who described the decision as a “horrible way to handle this," according to Business Insider's Kevin Shalvey.
While in a statement to Reuters Matze acknowledged “coordinating riots, violence and rebellions has no place on social media,” the CEO claimed in subsequent posts that Apple was subjecting the platform to standards and requirements Apple did not apply to itself, and was in violation of users’ right to free speech, according to John Koetsier at Forbes.
Following the ban by Twitter and other major social media platforms, many Trumpers expressed outrage at the disruption of access to the stream-of-consciousness edicts from their favorite demagogue.
Actor Antonio Sabato, Jr., scripted his own scathing response: “You evil dirtbags Twitter @jack ASSES! Just please suspend all of us who support The Greatest President in History @realDonaldTrump and cut to the chase.”
And the President’s son himself issued this diatribe: “We are living Orwell’s 1984. Free-speech no longer exists in America. It died with big tech and what’s left is only there for a chosen few.”
But what’s left (or "right," har) actually is not just for the chosen few. Although the actions by Twitter, Google, and Apple have significantly hampered the flow of communication between Trump supporters, they have not resulted in a complete kibosh. Legions of Trump followers have already begun to gather through other apps such as Gab that continue to be in operation.
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