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Good for them for not bothering with the half-assed CYA nonsense Apple is doing. "Give us a moderation plan in 24 hours" is just such a ridiculously unmeetable demand (at least if they require that plan to be anything close to actually feasible) that it's just pointless. Just kick them off.

And to the people complaining about censorship, this is an app that was literally used to plan a violent attack on the capitol. Some things should be censored.

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> And to the people complaining about censorship, this is an app that was literally used to plan a violent attack on the capitol. Some things should be censored.

Wait until you find out what the text messaging apps are used for.

“This was used in an attack” is a bullshit excuse to banish something. WhatsApp and signal have enabled countless terrorist actions and they are still up.

>“This was used in an attack” is a bullshit excuse to banish something.

Remember when the Christchurch shooter streamed his rampage on Facebook? Why hasn't Facebook been banned yet?

or remember when people were shouting ACAB and BLM while burning down and looting businesses?

the double standard is really bizarre.

Twitter, Facebook, Whatsapp etc. are all used to plan violent attacks, murders, burglaries and so on - all communication tools are used to do harmful acts, should we ban them all?

Crazy that people are ok with what's been happening in the last few hours

No? We ban the people on those platforms that are creating such plots.

people are actively cheering and celebrating the woman who got shot yesterday.

it's really insane how people who claim they are champions for human right and diversity rapidly descend into the inhumanity that they themselves blame the very country for.

If I was in America right now, I would get the hell out immediately. This is literally like watching the cultural revolution unfold step by step.

> this is an app that was literally used to plan a violent attack

This is exactly the rhetoric used to ban Twitter in other countries. Funny how things are turning.

So are we suing the the SMS providers and smartphone companies too that was used in the process too?

really scary that there are Americans who think like this.

I wonder which apps were used to plan the nation wide riots over the summer?

Or was that a dream?

If it was used that way, people can be prosecuted, likely will be prosecuted, on those facts.

We have a whole criminal justice system, well staffed and well funded, that addresses this concern.

If it was Signal, Tor or Freenet that was primarily used would you support a similar ban?

Ok now do Twitter. And Facebook. And Gmail. And the US Postal Service.

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