Following Google removing Parler, Apple has now followed suit, making it substantially more difficult for more right wing insurrectionists from organizing and commiserating on the existence of democracy and being answerable to the law.
In an announcement from Apple to CNN:
"The processes Parler has put in place to moderate or prevent the spread of dangerous and illegal content have proved insufficient," Apple told Parler. "Specifically, we have continued to find direct threats of violence and calls to incite lawless action in violation of Guideline 1.1 - Safety - Objectionable Content."
"Parler has not taken adequate measures to address the proliferation of these threats to people's safety," Apple said in a statement to CNN Business. "We have suspended Parler from the App Store until they resolve these issues."
Following the violent insurrection at the Capitol Bldg, incited and promoted by tRump, Colludy Rudy, Asshole Jr and others, the nation as well as America’s allies have been recoiling in horror after seeing violent thugs breaking in and trashing the heart of the American people’s Congress. It’s impossible to say with certainty what others elsewhere are feeling, but it is probably no exaggeration to say that those leaders in the Kremlin, Pyongyang, and other dictatorships around the world would probably right now need plastic surgery to remove the smiles from their faces.
It’s even more outrageous to compare the iron-fisted, militarized response to BLM and mothers protesting in Oregon and Washington DC versus the near total lack of any serious put down by police or national guard forces at the Capitol Bldg.
The rumblings of another mass uprising, maybe with a lot more guns, has already been brewing.
Capitol siege was planned online. Trump supporters now planning the next one.
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For any such event, organizing it is the key, and if it can be suppressed online by the various media platforms, there is a good chance with enough national guard troops ready to act that any red eyed insanity can be immediately stopped before there is mass chaos and bloodshed.
Biden has already discussed canceling any traditional inauguration and simply broadcasting it from a secure and safe location.
What happens next is anyone’s guess. Hopefully law enforcement is watching Parler and other online outlets carefully, and preparing in advance for any trouble this time.
At least one major outlet for the Orange Pox has been severely curtailed and we will find out soon enough if the worst president in at least modern times will end in a whiny whimper, or an explosion of stupidity and violence.
