Big Tech Silences Trump and His Supporters—Now They’re Going After Parler
By Victoria Taft
Protesters and rioters at the Capitol Building did more than shock the consciences of peaceful Americans on Wednesday, they gave Big Tech and the organized Left, but I repeat myself, an excuse to blame it all on President Trump and his voters and to cut off his social media voice.
None of the Big Tech firms cut off Maxine Waters, Chuck Schumer, Nancy Pelosi, Ayanna Presley, and other Democrats when they fanned the flames of antifa, or BLM rioters as they burned down American cities, but within hours on Friday afternoon, Big Tech, knowing it would receive cover by a Biden administration, tried to silence Donald Trump. Now they’re going after the rest of the right.
On the same day that Twitter “permanently” cut off President Donald Trump from its platform, hours after Michelle Obama called on Facebook to ban the president from their platform, Big Tech is trying to cut off the platform that right-of-center Americans have been gravitating to because of censorship.
The Google Play store “suspended” the Parler app from its list of products, saying that the platform needed to censor content, blaming the social media site for Wednesday’s protest and riot.
For us to distribute an app through Google Play, we do require that apps implement robust moderation for egregious content. In light of this ongoing and urgent public safety threat, we are suspending the app’s listings from the Play Store until it addresses these issues.