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Court:

You have no standing because you're offline
You filed too late
You filed too early, you haven't gone bankrupt yet

NoCoupForYou says

Court:

You have no standing because you're offline
You filed too late
You filed too early, you haven't gone bankrupt yet

If you know how to program the Dominion servers for my next election, I'll grant you a hearing.

I hope Parler wins.

clambo says

I hope Parler wins.

It won't. Amazon hosts all of the intelligence agencies data.

Eventually you guys are going to realize we don't have free markets, or a judicial system.

Amazon is what, a trillion dollar company? They'll just keep this in court for the next decade. They may win, eventually, but they'll be long dead as a company before they do.

Patrick says

Reason Rosa parks worked because all black people stopped taking a bus. It hurt them financially.

We have to all stop using the FAGAT companies as much as possible.

It's hard, because there is a duopoly in cellphone software. I may get the Librum phone after all.

Sometimes I feel like a FAGAT, but then I come to my senses and fight the urge.

Technical Difficulties
Now seems like the right time to remind you all — both lovers and haters — why we started this platform. We believe privacy is paramount and free speech essential, especially on social media. Our aim has always been to provide a nonpartisan public square where individuals can enjoy and exercise their rights to both.

We will resolve any challenge before us and plan to welcome all of you back soon. We will not let civil discourse perish!

Parler.com

They seem to have found someone to host their error page.

richwicks says

It won't. Amazon hosts all of the intelligence agencies data.

Eventually you guys are going to realize we don't have free markets, or a judicial system.

Amazon is what, a trillion dollar company? They'll just keep this in court for the next decade. They may win, eventually, but they'll be long dead as a company before they do.

Most likely they will be thrown a microscopic bone of a few hounded thousand $ that is woefully insufficient

https://reclaimthenet.org/apple-sued-by-pressure-group-for-not-banning-telegram/

Apple sued by pressure group for not banning Telegram

A legal campaign is being launched by the “Coalition for a Safer Web,” an NGO that has sued Apple in a bid to get the giant to remove the Telegram messaging app from its store.

We obtained a copy of the lawsuit for you here.

Such a move would solidify the recently emerging practice of censorship at a lower infrastructural level, including by revoking hosting and removal of entire apps from app stores, instead of banning or muting individual users and accounts.

According to the group, Telegram should be banned from the App Store because its users post hateful content, which puts people in danger as an iPhone owner, and also causes emotional distress.

The case, filed in US District Court for Northern California, accuses Apple of not enforcing its terms of services, and Telegram of being a “superspreader” of “hate speech” and incitement to violence – incomparable “even to Parler.”

Patrick says

The case, filed in US District Court for Northern California, accuses Apple of not enforcing its terms of services,

This is super idiotic, as Apple can change their own terms of service in seconds making the case moot. Then after it's dropped or thrown out they can change the terms back. Rinse, repeat. =))

Eric Holder says

Patrick says

The case, filed in US District Court for Northern California, accuses Apple of not enforcing its terms of services,

This is super idiotic, as Apple can change their own terms of service in seconds making the case moot. Then after it's dropped or thrown out they can change the terms back. Rinse, repeat. =))

And these fucks have no standing anyway!

https://reclaimthenet.org/republicans-probe-big-tech-collusion-in-the-deplatforming-of-parler/

Republicans probe Big Tech collusion in the deplatforming of Parler

They want to know how Apple, Google, and Amazon all banned Parler within a few days.

Patrick says

They want to know how Apple, Google, and Amazon all banned Parler within a few days.

I joined Parler during the "campaign" and checked it out a couple of times. I just checked and there is not much to see there.

Funny thing about critical mass and momentum. Will Parler ever get back to where they were? Were they ever really there?

I shamefully admit that I still follow my friends and family on Fbook. I still like my friends pictures and I still try to futilely "debate" some liberals I know, but I no longer post pictures or start conversations. I spent a couple hours this afternoon browsing the covid reaction group on my way home from skiing this afternoon. I usually can only stand a couple of minutes of Fbook propaganda after I check if anyone I know has died before I have to shut it down. I don't expect the virus reaction group to last.

Maybe Parler can replace twitter which I never used anyway.

What can replace Fbook? If there was a new platform how can I get a critical mass of my friends and family to join me?

It's possible for everyone to keep their "profile" and friend list on their own laptop or phone, and then selectively share that.

The technology is not hard. Just use rsync over ssh. Most programmers are familiar with those.

The problem is that it would not be profitable, because it would be totally controlled by you, and you wouldn't put ads on it.

Well, another problem is that incoming connections to your laptop and phone are most likely blocked by your ISP or cell carrier.

So no one really works on it. I think there are a few open source attempts, but obviously none of them have caught on yet.

Patrick says

It's possible for everyone to keep their "profile" and friend list on their own laptop or phone, and then selectively share that.

The technology is not hard. Just use rsync over ssh. Most programmers are familiar with those.

The problem is that it would not be profitable, because it would be totally controlled by you, and you wouldn't put ads on it.

Well, another problem is that incoming connections to your laptop and phone are most likely blocked by your ISP or cell carrier.

So no one really works on it. I think there are a few open source attempts, but obviously none of them have caught on yet.

TOX:

https://qtox.github.io/

But you won't install it.

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It needs a lot of work anyhow.

Kanye West isn’t buying Parler after all

https://techcrunch.com/2022/12/01/kanye-west-isnt-buying-parler-after-all/

Patrick says

https://reclaimthenet.org/republicans-probe-big-tech-collusion-in-the-deplatforming-of-parler/

Republicans probe Big Tech collusion in the deplatforming of Parler

They want to know how Apple, Google, and Amazon all banned Parler within a few days.

What ever came of this? Nothing apparently.

Another Republican fail in the face of Democrat censorship.

Patrick says

Patrick says

https://reclaimthenet.org/republicans-probe-big-tech-collusion-in-the-deplatforming-of-parler/

Republicans probe Big Tech collusion in the deplatforming of Parler

They want to know how Apple, Google, and Amazon all banned Parler within a few days.

What ever came of this? Nothing apparently.

Another Republican fail in the face of Democrat censorship.

They were in the minority then. They have the House now.

https://boriquagato.substack.com/p/bad-cattitude-turns-4

i fled to newly founded parler and began to rebuild. no dice. to cite my seminal substack:

parler “was gang-tackled off the internet through a savage collusion of apple, google, amazon, and others. they barred parler from app stores, kicked them off the AWS servers with one day of notice, and demanded that service providers, from email services to lawyers, drop them or get blacklisted. it was a concerted attack to prevent political and personal expression and keep “the conversation” within the confines of spaces the reigning technocracy can moderate and shape.”

the world is full of origin stories and unplanned confluences. this was a part of mine. this was the time when the permanent state DBA “public safety” really started to show itself and could no longer be disbelieved even if you sort of squinted and didn’t look too hard at it.

now it was in your face.