[olivermarks]

First line: 'Parler, a social media website and app popular with the American far right'

Parler is/was essentially a free speech libertarian site with strict rules and guidelines for posts.

I find it disturbing that the overwhelmingly US neo conservative liberal media companies slap the label 'far right' on just abut anything that doesn't fit their world view and agenda. Any sort of recognition there are center right or moderate conservatives appears to have been cancelled.

Regarding extremists, It's the old story - ban it and it will go underground. Free speech is always better and is also a cornerstone of western democracy. The irony of Parler having to be hosted in fascist Russia is extreme and embarrassing for the western world.

[hobs]

Strict rules and guidelines that were apparently violated, and they took no action to resolve - this is a paper thin excuse that no one should repeat.

[medntech]

This comment isn't helpful. Could you support it with instances of when they took action versus when they didn't? Currently, you only posted your opinion.

[olivermarks]

I can only post my opinion. Although I did join Parler and explored it this summer I haven't followed it closely or used it much. I did read their terms and conditions.

What I do know is that Facebook played a far larger role in the organization of the #stopthesteal demonstrations and the associated capitol security failures earlier this month but have received no sanctions.

https://www.cnn.com/videos/business/2021/01/18/facebook-sher...

[uuoc]

> I find it disturbing that the overwhelmingly US neo conservative liberal media companies slap the label 'far right' on just abut anything that doesn't fit their world view and agenda. Any sort of recognition there are center right or moderate conservatives appears to have been cancelled.

This is because "far right" has become a code-word for "neo-nazi" and/or "white supremacist/racist", so labeling everything that does no fit their preferred world view as "far right" automatically sets it up to be something so obscene that it should be banned in the minds of their viewership.

And of course, what you see is the beginning of the banning happening right before your eyes.

[FireBeyond]

Parler's CEO freely admitted that they were monitoring "antifa sites" and would ban anyone who appeared affiliated.

There are also many comments from Parler moderators, and staff, and examples of left-wing positive commentary being deleted.

So it seems that there's definitely a suitability to the "right" label, if not "far right".

Let's be very clear, Parler is not a free-speech site.

[olivermarks]

Where did Parler's CEO 'freely admit this'? I couldn't find any evidence of that in fact quite the contrary.

[FireBeyond]

Now deleted Tweet, apparently: https://imgur.com/WaAMEyn

> To all the ANTIFA supporters who have been spinning up Parler accounts... next time you should leave your chat server private... Im pretty sad you guys kicked me out... PS. Your VPNs cant save you