Parler Supporters Shout Censorship, But Check Out
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Posted On: 01/11/2021 2:54:46 PM
Parler Supporters Shout Censorship, But Check Out What Was Actually Being Allowed On Its Platform
https://www.mediaite.com/news/parler-supporte...-platform/
Well, there's still this board for posting the kind of bat-shit conspiracy theories that encourage if not cause the seditious behavior and rioting we witnessed from MAGA Nation last week.
By Caleb HoweJan 11th, 2021, 11:26 am
2603 comments
Hollie Adams, Getty
Social media app Parler was removed from the Google Play and Apple App stores, the company’s email services and even legal services were discontinued, and, at midnight Pacific last night, Amazon Web Services removed Parler entirely after a warning period, effectively shutting the company down.
According to the company’s CEO, that could last a while. Shareholder Dan Bongino doesn’t think so, though.
The de-platforming of an entire platform has become an understandably big story in the wake of the violent and deadly riot at the United States Capitol last week.
On the right, the story is about silencing of conservative views and the censorship by big tech.
For the left, the media, and law enforcement, the story is rather about the organizing of criminal and malicious activity, the propagation of threats, and the transition from online messages to actual insurrection.
If that seems like a big disconnect, it’s probably because many of the people arguing that Parler was shut down for being conservative simply haven’t looked too closely at what was actually in the letter sent from Amazon Web Services to Parler, notifying them of malicious content that the service was failing to moderate.
Buzzfeed posted images of some of those messages. Conservative commentator Ellen Carmichael shared them on Twitter to emphasize the point.
If you haven’t seen them yet, they’re worse than you think.
len Carmichael
@ellencarmichael
Remarkably it seems the people who have the strongest opinions about Parler haven’t read what the *actual documented reasons* they’re losing their servers and store access are.
Noam Blum
@neontaster
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6h
Don't take the people who tell you they're being censored for being conservatives at their word. Bother checking what it is they're in hot water for. It is reasonable for AWS to be upset over a refusal to remove stuff like this. What about these is free speech conservatism?
Ellen Carmichael
@ellencarmichael
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22h
And now, Parler users are saying they know where AWS data centers are and explosives experts should blow them up.
Reactions to the news that Amazon was going to pull the plug spawned renewed rhetoric.
As for another question raised so very often in the whatabout category, it was perhaps Noam Blum on Twitter who addressed it most succinctly.
Noam Blum
@neontaster
"They don't remove other calls for murder on other platforms so why these?" is an amazing defense.
MAGA MAGA MAGA!!! William J Brown • 3 hours ago
Great Decision by Google, Apple and Amazon!!
buggy whip MAGA MAGA MAGA!!! • an hour ago
MAGA, Republicans and Democrats who join the pile-on are dancing with the devil. Check this out: Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-SC, pleads for Democrat law makers to ‘stand down’ on impeachment if they want the country to heal. You should see for yourself all his whinny-baby claims (up in crawler just above the Blue line near the top at Whatfinger News). Of course in issued the remarks after being swarmed by Trump supporters in the airport. Crybaby cry! LOL
https://www.mediaite.com/news/parler-supporte...-platform/
Well, there's still this board for posting the kind of bat-shit conspiracy theories that encourage if not cause the seditious behavior and rioting we witnessed from MAGA Nation last week.
By Caleb HoweJan 11th, 2021, 11:26 am
2603 comments
Hollie Adams, Getty
Social media app Parler was removed from the Google Play and Apple App stores, the company’s email services and even legal services were discontinued, and, at midnight Pacific last night, Amazon Web Services removed Parler entirely after a warning period, effectively shutting the company down.
According to the company’s CEO, that could last a while. Shareholder Dan Bongino doesn’t think so, though.
The de-platforming of an entire platform has become an understandably big story in the wake of the violent and deadly riot at the United States Capitol last week.
On the right, the story is about silencing of conservative views and the censorship by big tech.
For the left, the media, and law enforcement, the story is rather about the organizing of criminal and malicious activity, the propagation of threats, and the transition from online messages to actual insurrection.
If that seems like a big disconnect, it’s probably because many of the people arguing that Parler was shut down for being conservative simply haven’t looked too closely at what was actually in the letter sent from Amazon Web Services to Parler, notifying them of malicious content that the service was failing to moderate.
Buzzfeed posted images of some of those messages. Conservative commentator Ellen Carmichael shared them on Twitter to emphasize the point.
If you haven’t seen them yet, they’re worse than you think.
len Carmichael
@ellencarmichael
Remarkably it seems the people who have the strongest opinions about Parler haven’t read what the *actual documented reasons* they’re losing their servers and store access are.
Noam Blum
@neontaster
·
6h
Don't take the people who tell you they're being censored for being conservatives at their word. Bother checking what it is they're in hot water for. It is reasonable for AWS to be upset over a refusal to remove stuff like this. What about these is free speech conservatism?
Ellen Carmichael
@ellencarmichael
·
22h
And now, Parler users are saying they know where AWS data centers are and explosives experts should blow them up.
Reactions to the news that Amazon was going to pull the plug spawned renewed rhetoric.
As for another question raised so very often in the whatabout category, it was perhaps Noam Blum on Twitter who addressed it most succinctly.
Noam Blum
@neontaster
"They don't remove other calls for murder on other platforms so why these?" is an amazing defense.
MAGA MAGA MAGA!!! William J Brown • 3 hours ago
Great Decision by Google, Apple and Amazon!!
buggy whip MAGA MAGA MAGA!!! • an hour ago
MAGA, Republicans and Democrats who join the pile-on are dancing with the devil. Check this out: Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-SC, pleads for Democrat law makers to ‘stand down’ on impeachment if they want the country to heal. You should see for yourself all his whinny-baby claims (up in crawler just above the Blue line near the top at Whatfinger News). Of course in issued the remarks after being swarmed by Trump supporters in the airport. Crybaby cry! LOL
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