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1. lnxw48a1 (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Friday, 08-Jan-2021 20:24:53 EST lnxw48a1
   I'm hearing that #Google and #Apple are removing the apps for the #Parler #socnet from the #Android PlayStore and the #iOS AppStore.
   
   I'd argue that given their duopoly on mobile operating systems, the power to arbitrarily kick someone out is scary (regardless of how deserving Parler might be; I'm not even sure I've seen a screenshot of the site). I'd argue that this is evidence that the mobile OS and app store groups of both companies need to be split up, so that competition can come ... including strong competition for mobile app stores on each platform.
   
   Again, Parler may deserve it, especially if their users used the socnet to organize their insurrection attempt. (Though I suspect many of them probably used odious #corpocentric sites like #Twitter or #Facebook, which are not being punished.)
   1. GeniusMusing (geniusmusing@nu.federati.net)'s status on Friday, 08-Jan-2021 21:29:10 EST GeniusMusing

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      Related: Not Easy, Not Unreasonable, Not Censorship: The Decision To Ban Trump From Twitter Techdirt
      https://nu.federati.net/url/279248
      1. lnxw48a1 (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Friday, 08-Jan-2021 22:50:30 EST lnxw48a1

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         This has been a long time coming.
         1. GeniusMusing (geniusmusing@nu.federati.net)'s status on Saturday, 09-Jan-2021 19:11:19 EST GeniusMusing

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            Also Related: Just Like Every Other Platform, Parler Will Take Down Content And Face Impossible Content Moderation Choices Techdirt
            https://nu.federati.net/url/279257
            1. GeniusMusing (geniusmusing@nu.federati.net)'s status on Saturday, 09-Jan-2021 21:42:22 EST GeniusMusing

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               Moar developments...
               
               Amazon Suspended Parler From Its Web Hosting
               https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/johnpaczkowski/amazon-parler-aws
               
               Apple suspends Parler from App Store US Capitol breach | The Guardian
               https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/jan/10/apple-suspends-parler-from-app-store
            2. lnxw48a1 (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Sunday, 10-Jan-2021 12:53:17 EST lnxw48a1

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               @geniusmusing They’re right. No matter how much someone may prefer free speech, others who host it will have to impose limits.
               
               I saw someone recently complaining about a proposal to filter (default: on) search results for rooms on a chat platform and I thought:
               1. There are legal restrictions for online content. As a platform expands into other nations, they gain more restrictions.
               2. If extremist and offensive results are not hidden by default, normal users leave, rendering the platform useless except as a forum for the most extreme and anti-social people.
               
               If #Parler is supposed to be completely unfiltered and unmoderated, they’ll find that the number of countries where they can safely operate is small.
               
               Again, I’ve never seen the site, so I don’t know whether the content is potentially illegal or just differs politically from what the mobile appstores like. If this is mostly just a political purge, the people rejoicing should be defending them—the axe tends to swing against former allies with the same effect it wielded when swung against opponents—but I don’t think most people look at the long term implications of these things.
               1. GeniusMusing (geniusmusing@nu.federati.net)'s status on Sunday, 10-Jan-2021 13:00:38 EST GeniusMusing

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                  @lnxw48a1
                  Interesting thread on the aws hosting. Or no longer hosting.
                  
                  Corey Quinn on Twitter: "So there's a lot of confusion about what Parler being kicked off of Amazon Web Services awscloud means. Let me do a quick thread to explain it to folks who aren't deep in the technical weeds..." / Twitter
                  https://twitter.com/QuinnyPig/status/1348116976019771392
                  
                  TLDR: "Their only basis for removing sites has historically been "breaking the law."
   2. musicman (musicman@nu.federati.net)'s status on Monday, 11-Jan-2021 18:04:14 EST musicman

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      meh, is Parler on fdroid?
      1. lnxw48a1 (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Monday, 11-Jan-2021 18:07:36 EST lnxw48a1

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         @musicman Not as far as I am aware, but even though I heard of Parler a few months ago, I have heard (and written) the name more in the past few days than in the rest of my lifetime combined, so I’ve never looked for it.