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REUTERS: Google suspended the Parler social media app from its Play Store on Friday (Jan 8) until the app adds “solid” content moderation, while Apple gave the service 24 hours to present a detailed moderation plan .
Parler is a social network to which many supporters of the president of the United States, Donald Trump, have migrated after being excluded from services such as Twitter, which on Friday permanently suspended Trump’s account.
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In a statement, Google cited ongoing posts on the Parler app that seek to “incite ongoing violence in the United States.”
Google said: “In order for us to distribute an app through Google Play, we need apps to implement strong restraint for egregious content. In light of this urgent and ongoing public safety threat, we will suspend app listings from the Play Store until I address these issues. “
In a letter from Apple’s App Store review team to Parler seen by Reuters, Apple cited cases of participants using the service to make plans to descend on Washington, DC, with weapons after a mob stormed the Capitol building. from the United States on Wednesday.
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“Content that threatens the welfare of others or is intended to incite violence or other illegal acts has never been acceptable on the App Store,” Apple said in the letter.
Apple gave Parler 24 hours to “remove all objectionable content from its application … as well as any content that refers to harm to persons or attacks on government facilities now or at any future date.”
The company also required Parler to submit a written plan “to moderate and filter this content” from within the app.
Apple declined to comment.
