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Apple CEO Tim Cook expects the right-wing social media network Parler, which was forced to go offline after the US Capitol insurrection, to return to the company’s app store.
During the New York Times “Sway” podcast on Monday, Cook said he expects the company to “come back” after putting in “the necessary moderation for the store”.
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“I think having more social media out there is better than having less,” said Cook.
Earlier this year, the app was suspended from Apple and Google’s app stores and started Amazon’s web hosting service for its ties to the United States Capitol siege in January.
Google first removed Parler’s smartphone app from its app store for allowing posts that seek to “incite continuing violence in the United States.” and dangerous activities. “
WE WORK A LOT TO PLACE PEOPLE IN THE STORE, NOT TO KEEP PEOPLE OUT OF THE STORE, ”COOK SAID ON“ SWAY ”.
Apple’s unprecedented move resulted from the app’s inability to take “appropriate steps to deal with the proliferation” of threats of violence and illegal activities.
“We have always supported a variety of views represented on the App Store, but there is no place on our platform for threats of violence and illegal activities,” an Apple spokesman said in a statement to FOX Business in January. “Parler has not taken adequate measures to deal with the proliferation of these threats to people’s security. We have suspended Parler from the App Store until they resolve these problems.”
At the time, the App Reviews Board sent a letter to Parler executives explaining that their app would be “removed from the App Store until we receive an update in accordance with the App Store Review Guidelines and you have demonstrated your ability to moderate and filter the dangerous and harmful content in your service. “
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According to reports, Cook previously noted that the app could be returned, as long as it complied with Apple’s Terms of Service.
“We work hard to get people to come to the store, not to keep them out of the store,” Cook said on the Times podcast.
In February, Parler announced that it would be relaunched and would not depend on “Big Tech”.
Guidelines accessible on the website, dated February 14, said that Parler would use technology and human analysis to remove “threatening or inciting content”. They said that a “community jury” headed by a Parler employee would hear appeals.
Audrey Conklin of FOX Business and the Associated Press contributed to this report.