Do you know Parler? If this name means nothing to you, that's normal: it's a fairly recent social network financed by American billionaire Robert Mercer. Its particularity? Being the meeting place for many supporters of the deposed President of the United States, also particularly wealthy. To the point of being singled out for hosting communications betweenorganizers of the assault on the Capitolon January 6.
As a reminder, this significant event in the history of Uncle Sam's country left five people dead and more than fifty injured. Described as “attempted coup d'état” by some, the riot was finally controlled but not without shocking the whole world. And now, the time has come for the settling of scores between thejusticelocal and the accused.
Taking a position
It is in this context that at the end of last week,Appledirectly threatened the publishers of Parler to ban their platform from the App Store without immediate reaction from them. Understand:moderatethe contents “dangerous” and inciting violence, by the following Saturday. A request which does not seem to have been applied to the letter, since the application is now unavailable.
According to Cupertino, Parler would have been used to “plan, coordinate and facilitate illegal activities” occurred in Washington DC and caused deaths and serious injuries. Or when thefreedom of speechhas its limits, whileTwitteralso suspends Donald Trump's account without hesitation.
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