Twitter permanently suspends President Donald Trump’s account
“Apple is currently threatening to ban Parler — the free speech alternative to Twitter — unless the service enacts draconian censorship policies demanded by left-wing Big Tech oligarchs, according to two sources familiar with Apple’s threats,” The Federalist co-founder Sean Davis tweeted.
BREAKING: Apple is currently threatening to ban Parler — the free speech alternative to Twitter — unless the service enacts draconian censorship policies demanded by left-wing Big Tech oligarchs, according to two sources familiar with Apple's threats.
— Sean Davis (@seanmdav) January 8, 2021
But Matze indicated that the Twitter alternative would not amend its policies to appease the Big Tech company.
“We plan on enforcing our [terms of service] and complying with law enforcement as we usually do,” he told CNSNews. “Apple believes they are in a political position strong enough to protect their anti-competitive interests by enforcing their censorship onto people on Parler.”
“We will and always have enforced our rules against violence and illegal activity,” Matze said in a subsequent Parler post. “But we WON’T cave to politically motivated companies and those authoritarians who hate free speech!”
