Apple to reinstate Parler on its app store

Source: Politico | April 19, 2021 | Cristiano Lima

Conservatives have skewered both Apple and Google for booting Parler from their app stores after the Jan. 6 riots.

Apple told lawmakers on Monday it will reinstate Parler on its app store now that the popular-with-conservatives social network plans to adopt new content moderation rules.

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In a letter sent to the lawmakers on Monday, an Apple executive said the company had “engaged in substantial conversation” with Parler about bringing the app into compliance with its rules.

“As a result of those conversations, Parler has proposed updates to its app and the app’s content moderation practices, and the App Review Team has informed Parler as of April 14, 2021 that its proposed update app will be approved for reinstatement to the App Store,” wrote Timothy Powderly, Apple’s senior director for government affairs for the Americas.

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Where things stand for Parler: Google said in a letter to Congress on Friday that the social network still doesn’t comply with its rules against hate speech, incitement of violence and threats to elected officials. But the company left open the possibility of its return if it satisfies those concerns.

“Parler’s app has not yet complied with those policies, and that is why it remains suspended,” Mark Isakowitz, Google’s vice president government affairs and public policy, wrote in a letter obtained by POLITICO.

A Google spokesperson said in a statement Monday that “Parler is welcome back in the Play store once it submits an app that complies with our policies.”

In its own reply to Congress on Thursday, Amazon did not say whether it would allow Parler to return to AWS or whether it considers Parler to be complying with its rules. But the company noted in the letter, obtained by POLITICO, that Parler “has been serving its content for months using other infrastructure service solutions.”

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    This should make Donnie & his cult very happy.

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