---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message-ID: <20210111185706.C1B5C761@telecom2018.csail.mit.edu> Date: Mon, 11 Jan 2021 18:57:06 +0000 (UTC) From: Moderator <telecomdigestsubmissions@remove-this.telecom-digest.org> Subject: How Parler, a Chosen App of Trump Fans, Became a Test of Free Speech The app has renewed a debate about who holds power over online speech after the tech giants yanked their support for it and left it fighting for survival. Parler went dark early on Monday. By Jack Nicas and Davey Alba >From the start, John Matze had positioned Parler as a "free speech" social network where people could mostly say whatever they wanted. It was a bet that had recently paid off big as millions of President Trump's supporters, fed up with what they deemed censorship on Facebook and Twitter, flocked to Parler instead. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/10/technology/parler-app-trump-free-speech.html ------------------------------ Message-ID: <20210111195651.5717C761@telecom2018.csail.mit.edu> Date: Mon, 11 Jan 2021 19:56:51 +0000 (UTC) From: Moderator <telecomdigestsubmissions@remove-this.telecom-digest.org> Subject: Google, Verizon and other Big Tech companies among the big donors to Biden's Inauguration Committee Big Tech giants, including Google and Verizon, are among the high profile corporations listed as one of President-elect Joe Biden's Inauguration Committee donors. The Biden Inaugural Committee has released a list of all contributors who donated over $200 (USD), but did not stipulate how much each contributor donated. The revelations that major technology companies donated to the Biden Inaugural Committee comes as Parler, a social media app favoured by conservatives, is driven off the internet. https://www.skynews.com.au/details/_6221751437001 ------------------------------ Message-ID: <20210110203851.90AD9732@telecom2018.csail.mit.edu> Date: Sun, 10 Jan 2021 20:38:51 +0000 (UTC) From: Moderator <telecomdigestsubmissions@remove-this.telecom-digest.org> Subject: Lawmaker calls for preservation of riot evidence as apps removed, users banned By Georgina Torbet ... one issue being raised is whether tech companies will preserve evidence about the event that could be used in prosecutions. Senator Mark Warner [D-VA] wrote to tech companies including Parler and Twitter as well as AT&T, T-Mobile, Verizon, Apple, Facebook, Gab, Google, Signal, and Telegram, asking that they preserve content from this week's attack on the capitol. https://www.digitaltrends.com/news/capitol-hill-riot-apps-evidence/ ***** Moderator's Note ***** Now, the other side of the coin: is a common carrier obliged to help enforce the government's view of what actions are "protest" and which are "illegal?" Bill Horne Moderator ------------------------------ ********************************************* End of telecom Digest Tue, 12 Jan 2021