Alex Christoforou
Nonprofit targets Telegram, sues Apple to remove app from store
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US-based nonprofit sues Apple to REMOVE Telegram over failure to censor ‘hate speech,’ cites Parler crackdown as example
US-based nonprofit sues Apple to REMOVE Telegram over failure to censor ‘hate speech,’ cites Parler crackdown as example
The Coalition for a Safer Web, a nonprofit founded by an ex-US ambassador, has sued Apple, demanding it deletes Telegram from its store, arguing that the app is being used to “incite extreme violence” ahead of the inauguration.
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Vollaphone has it’s own O/S and app store.
All I can say is, the quicker Silicon Valley sends itself to an early grave, the better. They need to learn a big lesson, they are NOT immune to failure, nothing is.
If they ban Telegram and other independent apps, countries should start banning bigtech from operating in the same manner in their countries. The first ones to get grilled should be FB, Twitter, WhatsApp, Google Instagram and all other companies connected to the above mentioned dirty five.
The most galling thing is that THERE IS NO EVIDENCE – no statistics, to back up what these crooks are asserting about white supremacists. Though there is for Antifa and BLM. Since they seem to be in love with litigation this needs to be pointed out. And why is everyone behaving as though 230 doesn’t exist? A good lawyer could produce many examples of Twitter and FB being used to organise last year’s riots, as well as pointing out the many pro-violent comments from the left on these platforms many of which have never been taken down. Is the future… Read more »