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Apple suspends Parler from App Store after unrealistic 24-hour deadline to introduce content-policing expires

Apple has followed Google’s steps to purge conservative-friendly social media site Parler from its App Store, after it overlooked a 24-hour deadline to introduce enough measures to “stop the unfold of posts inciting violence.”
Apple has followed Google’s steps to purge conservative-friendly social media site Parler from its App Store, after it missed a 24-hour deadline to introduce adequate measures to “prevent the spread of posts inciting violence.”

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  1. "Social media site Parler may never come back online after Amazon dropped the conservative-friendly platform from its servers, its CEO said, as the company insists in court that its termination was motivated by political animus". (January 14, 2021)
  2. "Following Australias lead, Canada has announced that it aims to force Facebook to pay for news content. Ottawa said it would not be intimidated if the tech giant seeks retribution". (February 19, 2021)
  3. "Ukraines Security Service (SBU) has asked Google and Apple to ban applications subject to sanctions on Ukrainian territory, including VKontakte (VK), a Russian social network which is the most popular website in Europe". (October 8, 2020)
  4. "Recently shutdown social media app Parler is at the center of a yet another controversy, after allegations surfaced that the totality of its users' personal data was leaked in the wake of the network going offline". (January 11, 2021)
  5. "Australias treasurer has advised the tech giants to accept that their platforms will have to start paying for content, amid threats from Facebook and Google to limit services in the country if such a policy is enacted". (January 24, 2021)
  6. "Tech giant Apple has warned developers that their apps could be pulled from its store if they refuse to comply with a new Tracking Transparency framework it says prevents advertisers from gathering user data". (December 8, 2020)
  7. "As the EU remains divided on how exactly Covid-19 health passports should be implemented, Commission President Ursula von der Leyen urged members to hurry to find a European solution, warning that Big Tech might step in first". (February 26, 2021)
  8. "Social media app Parler is back online after being booted off the servers of Amazon Web Services last month in the wake of the Capitol riots, after it was accused of allowing threats of violence to be shared on the platform". (February 15, 2021)
  9. "Apple has announced that it will soon roll out a feature allowing users to block tech companies from tracking activity online and on other apps in a move thats angered Facebook over its impact on data collection". (April 8, 2021)
  10. "Popular platforms such as Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram, as well as messaging services like Telegram and video site TikTok could become unavailable in Russia if they fail to ban illegal calls to participate in protests". (February 4, 2021)
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