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April 19, 2021

Apple reinstates Parler app, stands by initial ban

Big mistake, Apple, big mistake to let *them* talk



arler, the conservative-oriented social media website that was banned from Apple's App Store and several other internet hosting services after the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol, has been reinstated.

Timothy Powderly, Apple's senior director of government affairs, wrote a letter to Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, and Rep. Ken Buck, R-Colo., and said that Parler had been allowed back into the company's app store as of April 14. Powderly noted that the app had been banned for "including posts that encouraged violence, denigrated various ethnic groups, races and religions, glorified Nazism, and called for violence against specific people".

The letter, obtained by NBC News, also said Parler's "moderation practices were clearly inadequate to protect users from this harmful and dangerous content".

Despite the repeal of Parler's ban, Apple's letter stated that the company "stands by its decision" and that it was "an independent decision to remove Parler for non-compliance with the Guidelines, and it did not coordinate or otherwise consult with Google or Amazon with respect to that decision".
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