13:04 PST 17/1/2021
by
Lexy Perez
While talking to Chris Wallace on Fox News Sunday, Cook said Parler could return “if they get their moderation together.”
Apple CEO Tim Cook has spoken out against the riots at the US Capitol and defended the decision to remove Parler from Apple’s App Store.
While talking to Chris Wallace Fox News Sunday“Cook said it was” one of the saddest moments of my life to see an attack on our Capitol, an attack on our democracy. “
“I felt like I was in an alternative reality to be honest with you. That can not happen,” he added.
After the riot, Apple expelled the conservative, leaning social media platform Parler from its App Store and commented in a statement: “We have always supported the representation of divergent views in the App Store, but there is no place on our platform for threats. of violence and illegal activities. Parler did not take adequate measures to address the spread of these threats to human safety. We have suspended Parler from the App Store until they resolve these issues. “
“We’re always trying to do the right thing,” Cook said, arguing against President Donald Trump’s criticism of ‘Big Tech’ for preventing freedom of speech.
“Of course we do not control what is on the internet, but we have never seen our platform be a simple replication of the internet. We have rules and regulations and we just ask people to stick to it,” he explained. and added that they were pulling on the plug after seeing an apparent ‘incitement to violence’.
“We do not think that freedom of speech and incitement to violence have a crossroads.”
Cook also stressed that Apple offers more than two million applications, but that they must all meet the terms of service.
When Wallace questioned whether the ban would only drive those on the app underground, Cook repeated, ‘We just suspended them Chris. If they get their moderation together, they will be there again. ‘
The request to ban Apple and Apple’s app stores has increased after reports showed that app users were encouraging violence in their exchanges ahead of the riot in Capitol.
In the wake of the violence, Twitter permanently suspended Donald Trump’s report on the “risk of further incitement to violence” and deleted additional tweets the president sought after the ban. Facebook also blocked Trump’s account.
Apple CEO @tim_cook joined #FoxNewsSunday to discuss the company’s new race initiative. On top of that, we got his reaction to the deadly assault on the American Capitol and his company’s standoff with the conservative app Parler. pic.twitter.com/krbsb9aut5
– FoxNewsSunday (@FoxNewsSunday) 17 January 2021