Following a teaser clip from yesterday’s interview, CBS This Morning broadcast his full interview with Apple CEO Tim Cook today. Cook joined Gayle King to talk about the new Apple Racial Equity and Justice Initiative ads, the decision to remove Parler from the App Store and more.
In Parler:
Along with similar decisions by Google and Amazon, Apple made the decision last week to remove the right-wing social network Parler from the App Store. Cook explained that Parler has problems with moderation and that if the company decides to implement a moderation system, he can return to the App Store.
Cook: “Parler has some problems in moderation. There are some examples of incitement to violence there. They need to step up moderation. Our hope is that they will do that and return to the store. “
King: “So that they return to the store? They could?”
Cook: “Yes. We suspend them. We don’t ban them.”
King: “The CEO, as you know, is raising questions about his right to the first amendment. What do you say about this concern? “
Cook: “We have terms of service for our App Store and some of those terms of service that he violated. All we ask, Gayle, is that he abide by the terms of service. “
But in addition to Apple removing Parler from the App Store, the service has also been abandoned by its hosting company Amazon. Although Parler has found a new host, the future of the service remains uncertain.
On the motivation behind Apple’s REJI ads on Wednesday:
When asked by King about what led him to “pay attention to systemic racism”, Cook pointed to many examples throughout his childhood:
“Clearly, I think that anyone who was alive during the periods that I was alive in the 60s and 70s, and growing up in that period, you witnessed firsthand. When I was five, John Lewis was beaten on the Edmund Pettus bridge. When I was eight, the riots took place at Stonewall. Both changed the course of time and changed the course of my life. “
“When you try this kind of thing or read about it and then apply it to what you are seeing today, there was systemic racism, there was systemic racism. It will not disappear unless we do something about it. “
He also spoke specifically about the US Capitol insurrection last week:
“It was a very sad and shameful day. Probably like you, I also couldn’t believe what I was seeing. I felt like I was in some other form of reality or something. It really affects you here (gestures to the heart). “
“I think it is essential that people are held responsible for this. This is not something you should skate. This is something that we must take very seriously and understand, and then we need to move on. “
Finally, Cook was asked about his goals for Apple and his goals for the United States in 2021:
For me, it’s always the same. Whatever the year, it is to do as much as you can to help others and enrich their lives. That’s Apple’s goal. For the country, I hope that we will enter a phase in our country where we are back to bipartisanship ”.
Lisa Jackson
Apple VP Lisa Jackson also joined CBS This Morning to talk about the newest announcements from the Apple Racial Equity and Justice Initiative, including the new Propel Center in Atlanta.
“HBCUs have a history of forming leaders in our community. The Propel Center will be a place for all HBCU students and the surrounding community. It is a place for Apple and other companies to connect to HBCU’s talent pool. We know that the talent is already there, we know that these students are trying to do what every student does: to push for a better future and a better life. “
You can watch the full shape of the clip CBS This Morning Below, which also includes more comments from Jackson and Cook, below. More details on Apple’s REJI announcements can be found in our full coverage here.
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