In January, after the uprising in the United States capital, Apple expelled the social media network Parler from the App Store, citing its lack of moderation. After a recent review, Apple apparently declined Parler’s request to return to the App Store.
In January, Apple warned Parler 24 hours in advance to implement a content moderation system or it would be removed from the App Store. The company resisted and therefore the application was removed as Apple had promised.
After removing Parler from the App Store, he was later discarded by Amazon Web Services and therefore completely offline. The then CEO of the company blamed Apple and Google for “destroying the company”. After a change in leadership, the Parler website has finally returned to the air, but it is not yet available on the App Store and we now know that this will not change.
As reported by Bloomberg, Apple told Parler on February 25 that not enough changes were made to the social network to justify re-entry. Apple cited the continued proliferation of “hateful, racist and discriminatory content” found in Parler.
“After reviewing the new information, we do not believe that these changes are sufficient to comply with the App Store review guidelines,” Apple wrote to Parler’s policy director on February 25. “There is no place for hateful, racist and discriminatory content in the App Store.”
“In fact, simple searches reveal highly questionable content, including easily identified offensive uses of derogatory terms relating to race, religion and sexual orientation, as well as Nazi symbols,” Apple wrote to Parler in a letter, a copy of which was obtained by Bloomberg. “For these reasons, your application cannot be returned to the App Store for distribution until it complies with the guidelines.”
While Apple’s messages again leave the door open for re-entry to the App Store, Parler reportedly fired his three remaining iOS developers on Wednesday. This suggests that he has no intention of even trying to enter the App Store in the future.
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