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March 12, 2021 (LifeSiteNews) — The latest changes to Parler’s content moderation practices still aren’t enough to allow the alternative social network to return to the Apple App Store, according to reports.
Apple, Google, and Amazon blacklisted Parler in January, with Amazon forcing the entire site to go down until it managed to arrange an alternative web-hosting solution to replace Amazon Web Services. The moves were based on the internet companies’ claims that Parler took insufficient action to remove user comments that supposedly contributed to the January 6 riot on Capitol Hill.
Parler’s website is now back up and running, with updated community guidelines, which the company says are “designed to enable productive, polite discourse among people with differing interests, life experiences, and viewpoints.” But The Verge reports that Apple has notified Parler that it still finds the guidelines lacking.
“Simple searches reveal highly objectionable content, including easily identified offensive uses of derogatory terms regarding race, religion and sexual orientation, as well as Nazi symbols,” Apple reportedly informed the company. “For these reasons your app cannot be returned to
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