This is wrong, and this is a massive overreach. This is not the internet that we dreamed about and that many of us worked to build. Very sad day.
Moreover, the website is accessible and nothing stops people from using it. Apps are not the internet (thankfully). Pretending that the app store is the internet just gives these companies more power.
This isn't about maintaining peace on their platforms or to protect users. Its about controling all conversations, everywhere
I don't know if Mike Pence uses Parler, but if pro-Trump lawyer and right wing influencer Lin Wood is calling for his execution, don't you think that represents something of a risk to Pence whether or not he reads it?
As the government is not involved at all, the overreach argument doesn't apply.
edit: okay. overreach/censorship in private sector doesn't bother me. thanks. make the antitrust case if it inconveniences you too much to make an alternative.
Is it only the government which can overreach? I'm not sure I follow your argument.
If apple hooked into my banking app and decided to lock my phone because they saw me buying marijuana, that would also be an overreach, and also has nothing to do with the government.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/technology/90-perc...
If Google gives most of its donations to Democrats, how can you believe that they will not do what Democrats want them to do? Also, Democrats have been very vocal about the fact that Google and Twitter did not "censor enough" recently. This is a nice follow-up.
> how can you believe
I never said anything about what I believe.
If you believe the state is controlling some private organizations to conduct censorship, take it to a court.