New York Apple, along with Amazon and Google, effectively kicked Parler off the internet in the wake of the January 6 US Capitol siege. Despite criticism that Big Tech wields too much power over speech, Apple CEO Tim Cook defended his decision.
"We looked at the incitement to violence that was on there," Cook told Chris Wallace on"Fox News Sunday.""We don't consider that free speech and incitement to violence has an intersection."Parler, the alternative social network popular with conservatives, had been surging in popularity in recent months. But the platform failed to rein in hate-filled, violent speech, which Big Tech companies said could lead to another violent attack.
If these Tech folks were only consistent I'd buy their argument. That means both sides of the equation. Pelosi, Waters, Antifa, BLM, etc. And, oh, that little problem with the cake maker. Private companies are free to exclude those it disagrees with? Hum.....
Do you think Apple drops podcasts with conservative viewpoints/topics on their proprietary podcast apps Top Charts?
The question is. Who gets to be the referee on what is and whats not? Should not be corporations for sure. My friends on the left and right, hold your rights and stand up for each other.
He is in the democrats pocket!!!
I had to do a short 🎬 clip freestyle performance to this song i composed about 'LAGOS STATE' 🇳🇬 telling a story of how hustlers hustle in the land everyday for survival !! iRadioboy
Now do Twitter, Facebook, Instagram and Tik-Tok for facilitating insurrection by communist leftist liberals for the past 10 months.
I'd ask about why Facebook and Twitter haven't been kicked off, but we all know he's lying.
WHY! Would You Kick Off An App That Promotes Free Speech?
SethAbramson Good. Now let's do Fox.
Just stop with the BS, we all know his real name is Tim Apple.
Thank you Mr. Cook
Funny cause the attackes were planned on twitter, facebook and youtube... Everyone arrested didnt even have a parler account 🤡🤣
It’s funny how all you Trump supporters and administration were being vindictive and acting like you were in power and acting all big and bad laughing because you could do what you wanted like lie, cheat, treason, pardon etc etc. Now you all feeling like fools and resigning.
Then why is Twitter and Facebook still on the platform?
Only if Moron
Thank you tim cook!!
Funny! Every Democratic and FAKE news report by CNN incites more violence. Not respecting Americans views and freedom of speech (yes even normal everyday Republicans) makes us all angry! Stop taunting Republicans about the FAKE Biden “win”. 75MM Citizens voted against him!!
That disgusting monopoly would decide about law and order? Seriously? LAUGHING STOCK! 😂🤣😅🤭
Free speech only for your agenda.
Boycott apple products. Maybe buy some cheap Chinese products. They seem more patriotic than our big tech company CEOs
When Westerns admit that free speech is wrong and it makes people fight each other.
And yet they never suspended the accounts of violent blacks and Antifa when they were attacking people and burning buildings. Those were 'mostly peaceful' protests.
if you dont manage free speech / violence before it happens you end up being forced to smite good people for exercising something they believe is a right. a ban , is prefered to being labeled a domestic enemy and killed. this is truth.
People have blurred what Free Speech is. EZ- in your house say whatever the hell you want. In my house keep your bullshit to yourself. Simple. Twitter and FB are private companies not your house. Govt can be accused of censorship. FB can tell you to stfu.
DO CARE YOUR FUTURE ! FreeNavalny
perfidiousSH Just because the MAGA thugs are not muslim or yelled Aallaaaaakbaaar, CNN won’t call them terrorists. I don’t care what bought & strictly scripted media call them, they ARE terrorists
It's not up to them whatfree speech is. I'm going to say all the bad words whenever I want until you stop this shit.
can we talk about puppies now I'm tired if all this bullshit titty wah wah 😤
DonaldJTrumpJr
Tim Cook and Apple are reprehensible, anti American neo Marxists -- silencing Parler in conjunction with other tech oligarchs is a violation of antitrust laws. This is not about incitement, it is a raw abuse of power.
Its strange to me big tech doesnt just flag things and then turn them over to law enforcement for investigation & tracking. Law enforcement uses websites & social media to lure sex offenders. Those websites/social media dont cut anyone off without direction from law enforcement.
Only Trump supporters will agree that a First Amendment right equals to assaulting the US Capitol.
Ok, what about China? So hypocritical They make all of your products but the government uses slave labor....
Nice one Matey
Souvenirs from New York- mid ‘90s, I was working in Covent Garden at the time. We used Apple (Steve Jobs) computers for much of our work ..
Frozen, currently advertised in Covent Garden, ripped-off from The Snow Queen 1998 (see Peter Del Veccho). One of many examples of plagiarised/stolen material at Disney 2001 onwards..
Ground Zero 1996 (press releases for the production were sent to The Guardian and other media) and Ground Zero 2001..various crime reference numbers issued in connection with the fraud.
slpng_giants Completely agree.
How many murders have been live-streamed or posted on Facebook? The Christchurch terrorist killed 51 people and streamed it live on Facebook! Did Tim threaten to remove Facebook off the AppStore for any of those? Not at all.
Agree. Free speech is not hate speech. There is no intersection. Those who claim free speech are not free of consequence.
Great news...stay safe. Stay strong.
Apple - not the company it once was under Steve Jobs...
A great decision Mr Cook!
Why, then, Mr. tim_cook at Apple haven’t you suspended Facebook — reportedly a much deeper source for coordinating the Capitol storming — from your App Store? Apple
You don't consider that as free speech in USA . But you have been considering that as free speech in other countries so that they can be burnt down! Hypocrite
So he's saying China, that make 97% of all apple products, have the right to ban anyone they want because otherwise dissenting voices would spread incitement to violence. Makes a lot of sense, when you put it like that. No wonder China has death camps eh.
Did the right thing
“Unless it’s incitement to violence we approve of...”
Remember that the next time Democrats riot like last summer!
When you don't stand for anything you will fall for everything. Well played Apple.
Tim Apple
Why only Parler Apple? Why not Twitter, Facebook and YouTube apps? They are responsible for more deaths for too long.
Good, US now behaves more like China
Did you kick off BLM for inciting the violence that burned down cities? Shame on you for the obvious double standard.
It's getting harder to tell who's being sarcastic.🤔🙄
Ok apple 🍎 and I find it crazy with the people that are like they are stopping free speech social media platforms are not part your amendments 😂😂😂
Remarkable future ahead. 2.3 Trillion dollar companies dictating law and public policies
Those on the left are loving reports like this. Anything to deny free speech. It's dangerous when you have a nation of freethinkers. They might demand things like maybe being able to live in a Democratic Republic. Cook's head is up his ass.
The people whining about their rights are obviously guilty in some way. There's NO reason to be doing these things and no company should 'have to allow it' because you feel entitled. I'm glad that there are companies out there with better morale than domestic terrorists
When did you become god Tim Cook. It’s not for you to consider,the freaking constitution says that there is free speech in America. People should boycott apple, twitter, google, and not buy crap from amazon, the kings of America. Besides apple phones suck.
Truth.
biết lắng nghe và chia sẻ những lúc vui buồn
slpng_giants Thank you so much Tim Cook! 👍
Poignant... albeit obvious.
💯Agreed
JIM COOK? I WENT TO SCHOOL WITH HIM.. HOW DID HE GET THERE? WOULDNT HE RATHER HAVE BEEN KNOWN AS JIM?
Here we go again. Cnn propping up nazis again.
does anyone really think that the nationwide violence over the summer wasn't organized on social media? people just....showed up...at the same time....in the same place...on the same day through...'immaculate congregation' or something?
WORDS HAVE CONSEQUENCES. You can say what you want, but you have to know there might be a cost.
Neither does US law. Which Parler attempts to follow as their guidelines + a few other lines. Because I’ve never seen incitement of violence on Twitter either, he says sarcastically if that wasn’t obvious.
I GUARAN GOD DAMN TEE YOU THEY KIDNAPPED MY DAUGHTERS AND FORCED THEM TO LIP SYNC FOR THAT HATEFUL LITTLE MURDERING JUVENILE DELINQUENT JUSTIN BEIBER... HE IS SURE NOT MY RELATIVE SO I KNOW HE CAN NOT SING.... A FRAUD GROWN.
You have to be joking! You have no concern for violence on the internet you shut down parlour because it was number 1 app on the app store you shut it down because its the competition.
I wonder if they play the National Anthem at the inauguration. Does everyone stand? Hispanics are not being given the same opportunities as others.
but leftists can call for the assassination of Trump, and Pence for 5 years, iran's leaders can call for the destruction of israel among other horrible things on twitter, and facebook that's just fine.
cnn and Tim Cook They are only against conservative Voices and platforms
I MEAN ALL THIS HATE CRIME AGAINST WOMEN AND GIRLS WHO ARE CALLED MORPHADITES AND WERE BORN AS SUCH, BEING ABLE TO FUNCTION AS BOTH MEN AND WOMEN... TO BECOME PREGNANT AND TO MAKE OTHER WOMEN PREGNANT.. THEY DONT NEED TO DO ALL THAT TO THEM...
Coming from a company who relies on anti human rights communist countries so they can pay workers pennies to produce their products. Now with Parler they wanna say they have ethics. What a crock of shit.
Visit Portland 🤔
CEO's like Tim also need to understand the crazies are reading this. ' Intersection' is not helping them understand why. They are the problem not his peers.
and like that, I never buy an Apple product ever again
WHAT ABOUT ANY MAN FORCED TO WITNESS THROUGHOUT THE EVENING AND INTO THE NIGHT GIRLS WHO ARE KIDNAPPED BEING TAKEN SOMEWHERE BY GROWN MEN AND KNOWN CHILDKILLERS WHERE IT WILL BE CONVENIENT TO MURDER THEM WITHOUT ANYBODY ELSE BEING INVOLVED
Thank him very much! He has my support!
Yet porn and sex apps are ok. Thanks for the moral high ground
Hey man, twitter and facebook is obviously cool with it...
It is indefensible.
Well done Apple !!! Indus would like to see similar actions from Facebook Twitter instagram and others to act strictly against Hate Mongers inciting violence , venom , from RSSorg stable ! RW hatred in India increased after narendramodi come to power
What does Tim Cook think about the 30 deaths caused by the BLM movement?
DON'T BACK DOWN MR. COOK!! Be an example to big businesses! THANK YOU
THEN THEY GOT MORE CREDIT THAN WAS DUE... DIDNT THEY?
Elitist’s trying to tell us how to think...
speech we don't like is not free speech...wow!
With that said and reasoning then why hasn't he kicked Twitter off the app store
Yes, Lord Cook. Your TOS must define free speech. All Hail Lord Cook, arbiter of free speech! Sponsored by Apple.
Seems like the right got this started when they wanted to allow businesses the right to refuse service to gay people. Apple is a business, just like Facebook, Twitter and those backwards hillbilly bakeries.
Is this a Royal 'We,' or is Tim just being a total billionaire moron, again?
Nonsense.
So glad he did.
Twitter Apple Facebook & other tech apps, you’re a private Corp company with your own rules & regulations, don’t not explain just like those religious cake makers who don’t want to make a wedding cake for gays. fuckmaga fucktrump fucktrumpsupporters
You do not consider that you have blocked ALL Parlar users regardless of their views. It's call blocking free speech when you do not agree with the speech.
Really then why are they allowing Iran to continue with their hate speech. The people the CEO's are the very definition of hypocrisy.
Good!!! Extreme retorect has no place in america right now!!!
Too much power
Remember when Apple’s vision was challenge the status quo, empower the individual, and think differently?
BAD BAD BAD DECISION!
The Apple CEO is in the right making the decision that they have as a company and it's appropriate. The Enders support every company with a 100% that has decided against Trump and his perpetuation of violence against the USA.
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Hate speech is not free speech
Well, to Apple CEO Tim Cook why don't we just shut down all of the social media programs & Fake News media and just open up all of the 'Good News of the 2nd Coming' type CHURCHES so they can SOCIALIZE there & get all their news.
Trump hurt my feelings!!!
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