{"id":46365,"date":"2021-01-08T18:24:24","date_gmt":"2021-01-08T22:24:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=46365"},"modified":"2021-01-08T18:24:24","modified_gmt":"2021-01-08T22:24:24","slug":"corporate-criminal-apple-demands-that-parler-violates-2nd-amendment-to-keep-app","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=46365","title":{"rendered":"Corporate Criminal Apple Demands that Parler Violates 2nd Amendment to Keep App"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Parler App On Brink Of Cancellation As Big Tech Purges Flynn, Powell And Others<\/h1>\n<p><!--more-->ZeroHedge.com<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Update (1705ET):\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>Big tech is on a cancel crusade today &#8211;\u00a0<strong>with Twitter suspending General Michael Flynn, attorney Sidney Powell and various other pro-Trump accounts (see below).<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Apple is set to remove Twitter competitor Parler from its app store unless they enact a series of draconian crackdowns on free speech.<\/p>\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-0\" class=\"\" title=\"Twitter Tweet\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/index.html?dnt=false&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-0&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1347660160806825984&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.zerohedge.com%2Fpolitical%2Fcancel-crusade-reignites-reddit-bans-pro-trump-forum-facebook-unpersons-walk-away&amp;siteScreenName=zerohedge&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=ed20a2b%3A1601588405575&amp;width=550px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-tweet-id=\"1347660160806825984\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-1\" class=\"\" title=\"Twitter Tweet\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/index.html?dnt=false&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-1&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1347663143565197314&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.zerohedge.com%2Fpolitical%2Fcancel-crusade-reignites-reddit-bans-pro-trump-forum-facebook-unpersons-walk-away&amp;siteScreenName=zerohedge&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=ed20a2b%3A1601588405575&amp;width=550px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" sandbox=\"allow-forms allow-pointer-lock allow-popups allow-same-origin allow-scripts allow-top-navigation-by-user-activation allow-presentation\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-tweet-id=\"1347663143565197314\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<div class=\"Advert_desktop__1J5vD Advert_tablet__3QEBr Advert_mobile__1rlLc Advert_align__N0_fw Advert_placement__1I4yb\"><\/div>\n<p>*\u00a0 *\u00a0 *<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Update (1625ET):\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>Twitter has suspended both General Michael Flynn, President Trump&#8217;s first National Security Adviser, and attorney Sidney Powell, as part of a crackdown on accounts engaging in &#8216;harmful activity.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/s3\/files\/inline-images\/flynn%201_1.jpg?itok=qrN9ZHNW\" data-image-external-href=\"\" data-image-href=\"\/s3\/files\/inline-images\/flynn%201_1.jpg?itok=qrN9ZHNW\" data-link-option=\"0\"><picture><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_mobile\/public\/inline-images\/flynn%201_1.jpg?itok=qrN9ZHNW\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"300\" data-entity-type=\"file\" data-entity-uuid=\"2fad60c1-920b-4986-a0cf-ad9920d28452\" data-responsive-image-style=\"inline_images\" \/><\/picture><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-2\" class=\"\" title=\"Twitter Tweet\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/index.html?dnt=false&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-2&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1347655977437437952&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.zerohedge.com%2Fpolitical%2Fcancel-crusade-reignites-reddit-bans-pro-trump-forum-facebook-unpersons-walk-away&amp;siteScreenName=zerohedge&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=ed20a2b%3A1601588405575&amp;width=550px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-tweet-id=\"1347655977437437952\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>More purgings:<\/p>\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-3\" class=\"\" title=\"Twitter Tweet\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/index.html?dnt=false&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-3&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1347656860430721029&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.zerohedge.com%2Fpolitical%2Fcancel-crusade-reignites-reddit-bans-pro-trump-forum-facebook-unpersons-walk-away&amp;siteScreenName=zerohedge&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=ed20a2b%3A1601588405575&amp;width=550px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" sandbox=\"allow-forms allow-pointer-lock allow-popups allow-same-origin allow-scripts allow-top-navigation-by-user-activation allow-presentation\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-tweet-id=\"1347656860430721029\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<div class=\"Advert_desktop__1J5vD Advert_align__N0_fw Advert_placement__1I4yb\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-4\" class=\"\" title=\"Twitter Tweet\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/index.html?dnt=false&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-4&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1347656860430721029&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.zerohedge.com%2Fpolitical%2Fcancel-crusade-reignites-reddit-bans-pro-trump-forum-facebook-unpersons-walk-away&amp;siteScreenName=zerohedge&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=ed20a2b%3A1601588405575&amp;width=550px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-tweet-id=\"1347656860430721029\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-5\" class=\"\" title=\"Twitter Tweet\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/index.html?dnt=false&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-5&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1347656629102194691&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.zerohedge.com%2Fpolitical%2Fcancel-crusade-reignites-reddit-bans-pro-trump-forum-facebook-unpersons-walk-away&amp;siteScreenName=zerohedge&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=ed20a2b%3A1601588405575&amp;width=550px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-tweet-id=\"1347656629102194691\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-6\" class=\"\" title=\"Twitter Tweet\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/index.html?dnt=false&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-6&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1347659042362019841&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.zerohedge.com%2Fpolitical%2Fcancel-crusade-reignites-reddit-bans-pro-trump-forum-facebook-unpersons-walk-away&amp;siteScreenName=zerohedge&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=ed20a2b%3A1601588405575&amp;width=550px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-tweet-id=\"1347659042362019841\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><em>Check back for updates&#8230;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>*\u00a0 *\u00a0 *<\/p>\n<p>Cancel culture is back with a vengeance, after Reddit banned yet another pro-Trump forum, \/r\/DonaldTrump, from the public square in yet another example of leftist technocrats using outlier groups of extremists &#8211; in this case, the Capitol &#8216;raid&#8217; &#8211; to justify their actions, while having given their own side a pass during four years of violence and incendiary rhetoric.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/s3\/files\/inline-images\/trump%20wtf_0.JPG?itok=aCCqD-p5\" data-image-external-href=\"\" data-image-href=\"\/s3\/files\/inline-images\/trump%20wtf_0.JPG?itok=aCCqD-p5\" data-link-option=\"0\"><picture><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_mobile\/public\/inline-images\/trump%20wtf_0.JPG?itok=aCCqD-p5\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"279\" data-entity-type=\"file\" data-entity-uuid=\"68f5c697-3b08-40e1-95ac-e883f623af79\" data-responsive-image-style=\"inline_images\" \/><\/picture><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Reddit&#8217;s site-wide policies prohibit content that promotes hate, or encourages, glorifies, incites, or calls for violence against groups of people or individuals. In accordance with this, we have been proactively reaching out to moderators to remind them of our policies and to offer support or resources as needed,&#8221; a Reddit spokesperson told an undoubtedly giddy\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/reddit-bans-rdonaldtrump-subreddit-ff1da2de-37ab-49cf-afbd-2012f806959e.html\"><em>Axios<\/em><\/a>, who added &#8220;<strong>We have also taken action to ban the community r\/donaldtrump given repeated policy violations in recent days regarding the violence at the U.S. Capitol.<\/strong>&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>In June, Reddit banned \/r\/The_Donald &#8211; one of the site&#8217;s largest political communities, right as the 2020 election began to heat up.<\/p>\n<p>The company&#8217;s Friday ban-hammer comes on the heels of\u00a0<strong>several other platforms taking actions against Trump or his supporters<\/strong>. As\u00a0<em>Axios<\/em>\u00a0notes:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em><strong>Twitch and Snapchat<\/strong>\u00a0disabled Trump&#8217;s accounts.<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><strong>Shopify<\/strong>\u00a0took down two online stores affiliated with the president.<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><strong>Facebook and Instagram\u00a0<\/strong>banned Trump from posting for at least the next two weeks, and faced calls to boot him permanently, including from former\u00a0<a class=\"gtm-content-click\" href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/michelle-obama-twitter-facebook-ban-trump-e33700d8-40aa-4022-a939-61c7277fb9e5.html\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\" data-vars-click-url=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/michelle-obama-twitter-facebook-ban-trump-e33700d8-40aa-4022-a939-61c7277fb9e5.html\" data-vars-event-category=\"story\" data-vars-item=\"in_content_link\" data-vars-link-text=\"First Lady Michelle Obama\" data-vars-sub-category=\"story\">First Lady Michelle Obama<\/a>\u00a0and high-ranking Hill Democrats.<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><strong>Twitter<\/strong>\u00a0froze Trump out of his account Wednesday before reinstating him Thursday once he deleted problematic tweets.<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><strong>YouTube<\/strong>\u00a0says it&#8217;s\u00a0accelerating its enforcement of voter fraud claims against President Trump and others based on Wednesday&#8217;s events.<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><strong>TikTok<\/strong>\u00a0is removing content violations and redirecting hashtags like #stormthecapitol and #patriotparty to its community guidelines.<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Meanwhile, Facebook has removed the &#8216;Walk Away&#8217; campaign from its platform<\/strong>\u00a0and has\u00a0<strong>banned founder Brandon Straka and his team<\/strong>\u00a0&#8211; which had over 500,000 people who shared their testimonial videos about leaving the Democratic party.<\/p>\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-7\" class=\"\" title=\"Twitter Tweet\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/index.html?dnt=false&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-7&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1347593635441766405&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.zerohedge.com%2Fpolitical%2Fcancel-crusade-reignites-reddit-bans-pro-trump-forum-facebook-unpersons-walk-away&amp;siteScreenName=zerohedge&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=ed20a2b%3A1601588405575&amp;width=550px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-tweet-id=\"1347593635441766405\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>And in what&#8217;s got to be the icing on the cancel cake,\u00a0<strong>Lehigh University\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2021-01-08\/lehigh-university-revokes-trump-s-honorary-degree-given-in-1988\">just revoked<\/a>\u00a0a 33-year-old honorary degree given to President Trump in 1988<\/strong>, after the school&#8217;s board of trustees voted to do so on Thursday following the violence in the Capitol.<\/p>\n<p>It seems like these institutions were just waiting for the right excuse&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>___<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/political\/cancel-crusade-reignites-reddit-bans-pro-trump-forum-facebook-unpersons-walk-away\">https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/political\/cancel-crusade-reignites-reddit-bans-pro-trump-forum-facebook-unpersons-walk-away<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Parler App On Brink Of Cancellation As Big Tech Purges Flynn, Powell And Others<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-46365","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46365","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=46365"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46365\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=46365"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=46365"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=46365"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}