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by salimmadjd 1991 days ago
Anyone looked at the three sample complaints?

7 upvotes, 2 upvotes, 5 upvotes.

For context, the post (I'm guessing he is a co-founder or some senior person at Parler) John Matze has 34,000 upvotes. These posts seem like bad or manufactured examples.

What prevents a competitor from sending a few people to post these things to eliminate competition?

Or worse. Who remembers Knew Knowledge faking Russian bots to smear a candidate as being backed by Russia? [1]

I write this as a muslim American. In my youth having a seasonal job in a well-known resort. I had a local guy come to me, called me a "camel jockey", "towel head" and told me if he sees me in the parking lot he'll take out his 357 and put one in my head. So I have faced some nasty racism. That said, I don't agree with Amazon removing Parler on the basis of these flimsy evidence.

[1] https://siliconangle.com/2018/12/26/reid-hoffman-apologizes-...

4 comments

There is a sub dedicated to sharing Parler content that threatens violence, among other things. https://www.reddit.com/r/ParlerWatch. You can find many more examples there.
Do you realise how easy it is to find content like that on twitter and fb and other places - why aren't they shut down and blacklisted ?
Look at the @ParlerTakes account on Twitter or r/ParlerWatch. There are thousands of examples of this on a relatively small social media site.
Don't plead ignorance. Parler is as bad as 8chan with some of the most vile and despicable chatter I've ever seen in my life.
Companies have a right to refuse service to a customer for any reason (the reason doesn't have to be disclosed). Imagine as a startup, being forced to sign a contract (under duress) that you know is not aligned with your long term goals.