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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. "The self-proclaimed free speech social network Parler will be allowed to return to Apple's App Store after it was previously banned for not censoring enough content and was also accused of allowing threats of violence". (April 19, 2021)
  2. "Facebook is set to make it harder for political content to permeate its news feed and make related groups less visible all in the name of preventing heated discussions that sow division, CEO Mark Zuckerberg said". (January 28, 2021)
  3. "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)
  4. "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)
  5. "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)
  6. "Conservative social media platform Parler is back, and after failing to completely railroad it off the internet, respectable experts are now whining about its new Russian links. But even those links arent what they seem". (January 19, 2021)
  7. "Facebook VP of global affairs Nick Clegg has blamed users for spreading polarizing content on the platform in a blog defending its algorithms, saying the spread of harmful posts is not simply the fault of faceless machines". (March 31, 2021)
  8. "Facebook has expanded its hate speech policy to prohibit any content that denies or distorts the Holocaust. The social media platform explained the move by the rise in ant-Semitism around the globe". (October 12, 2020)
  9. "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)
  10. "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)
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