The contradiction that politicians do not blame the exclusion of SNS 'Parler' to represent the monopoly of Google, Amazon, Apple



The SNS 'Parler', which was rapidly increasing in popularity, was popular with supporters of Mr. Donald Trump, and the application was deleted by Apple and Google due to the flood of content related to

the attack on the Capitol , and Amazon also AWS Has been discontinued . Politicians have to point out that these moves are just an example of anti-competitive behavior by Apple and Google, which are being investigated for alleged antitrust violations. Glenn Greenwald, a journalist and co-founder of the news media The Intercept , has clarified the problem.

How Silicon Valley, in a Show of Monopolistic Force, Destroyed Parler --Glenn Greenwald
https://greenwald.substack.com/p/how-silicon-valley-in-a-show-of-monopolistic



Although Parler is popular with Trump's supporters, its establishment has nothing to do with Trump's supporters. Parler was founded in 2018 as a platform that promises 'strong privacy protection' and 'free speech' while major SNSs are facing problems in terms of collecting user data, protecting privacy, and suppressing speech. Parler's popularity grows as Facebook and Twitter tighten their policies and limit users' freedom of speech, and by January 2021, it will finally become the most downloaded app on the App Store . According to TechCrunch, Parler was newly installed 8.1 million times in 2020 and was the 10th most downloaded app of all apps.

However, Greenwald pointed out that after Apple sent an email to Parler on January 8, 2021, giant IT companies in Silicon Valley suddenly united to remove Parler from the Internet.

First, Apple said it received a complaint from Parler that Parler was used to accelerate the attack on the Capitol on January 6, 'Please send us a moderation improvement plan within 24 hours.' the transmission of documents moderation improvement plan within 24 hours, if there is no update in compliance with the app Store review Guidelines, app and will be removed from the AppStore ' was notification . Parler executives managed to communicate with Apple but failed, and Parler was removed from the App Store 24 hours later, as notified. For iOS devices, this action means Parler has lost iOS users, as users can only download apps from the App Store.



Shortly thereafter, Google also suspended Parler from Google Play without warning. Android devices don't limit app downloads to Google Play, but many people use Google Play, which means Parler has lost most of its share of iOS and Android on smartphones.

And on January 10th, Amazon also removed Parler from AWS 's web hosting service because it ' dangered public safety by not complying with the Terms of Service.' AWS is the dominant hosting service, and Parler disappeared from the Internet because it couldn't continue the service because it couldn't find a hosting service to replace AWS.

Amazon, Google, Apple, etc. are private companies, and basically you can arbitrarily exclude people and groups that do not follow the rules set by your company. That is why there is an antitrust law in 2020 to prevent such a situation, saying that if private companies have dominant power in the market, 'potentially rival companies' can be deleted early. Was turned to GAFA for antitrust violations .

However, Greenwald points out that no liberal lawmaker has argued against Parler's exclusion. On the contrary, lawmakers like Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez posted on Twitter 'What are Apple and Google doing?' Regarding the use of Parler ...



In response to the news of Parler exclusion, 'I'm glad I saw this kind of movement on Apple and Google Play,' he said, praising Parler exclusion.



'Because American liberalism is biased towards political authoritarianism rather than economic socialism,' Greenwald commented. He said liberals are using the power of businesses to silence groups with different ideologies. Twitter permanently banned Donald Trump's account on January 9, but German Chancellor Angela Merkel and others have criticized these censorships by giant power companies.

Greenwald believes Parler's exclusion and its support is based on 'total ignorance of the basic principles of platform and free speech.'

It's true that malicious content was uploaded to Parler, but this trend is common to Facebook, Twitter, and Google-owned YouTube. Parler's Terms of Service prohibit 'explicit defense of violence,' and the moderation team has also removed content that violates the Terms. Deletion does not always occur immediately after the content is published, but this is also common to other platforms.

As for why Parler was targeted, Mr. Greenwald said that Parler was a start-up company and much easier to target than Google and Facebook, and that Amazon, Apple, and Google were tricked into democratic enemies. I'm guessing that it had a purpose to please, but the facts are uncertain. Monopoly power destroys rising competitors, and in fact Parler was destroyed by megacorporations overnight. From Parler's case, Greenwald warned that the political world is also strengthening the power of companies to monopolize Silicon Valley.

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