Parler returns to App Store after agreeing to new restrictions on Apple version – IOTW Report

Parler returns to App Store after agreeing to new restrictions on Apple version

 (LifeSiteNews) — Alternative social network Parler officially returned to Apple’s App Store Monday, thanks to an agreement under which users of the mobile version will see less content than users of the website.

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.

The website returned with updated community guidelines Parler said were “designed to enable productive, polite discourse among people with differing interests, life experiences, and viewpoints,” but Apple said in March they didn’t go far enough. In April, Apple announced Parler would be returning following “substantial conversations with Parler in an effort to bring the Parler app into compliance” and pledges on Parler’s end that finally meet with Apple’s approval.

The Washington Examiner reports that under the new agreement, Parler’s new AI-based content moderation system will censor content Apple deems “hateful” on the iOS app for iPhones and iPads, but those same posts will remain visible on the website itself (including, presumably, to those who access the website on their Apple devices via a web browser). read more

11 Comments on Parler returns to App Store after agreeing to new restrictions on Apple version

  1. Can someone tell me why the fuck Parler’s app NEEDS to be in either Google or Apple’s store at all? Is it really impossible for them to distribute it from their website? The only thing I can come up with is that they need Apple’s cooperation to access the API needed to make it work with the latest versions of iPhone, but surely someone has reverse-engineered or cracked that shit and made it public by now, haven’t they?

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