Apple CEO Tim Cook has defended his company’s controversial parler app from his online store. He told Fox Newsman Chris Wallace today that he did not believe in freedom of speech and that he was allegedly inciting violence.
Apple, Google and Amazon Services all took the Parler app offline after the January 6 protests at the US Capitol. Five people were killed in the confrontations.
‘We looked at the incitement to violence that was there (Parler). And we do not think that freedom of speech and incitement to violence have a crossroads, “Cook told host Chris Wallace on Fox News Sunday.
Cook said all App Store services are expected to meet the Terms of Service.
‘Of course we do not control what is on the internet. But we have never seen our platform be a simple version of the internet. We have rules and regulations, and we’re just asking people to stick to them. ”
Asked if he was creating incentives to go deeper underground, Cook said he would allow the service to a greater extent.
“It simply came to our notice then. And if they get their moderation together, they will be there again, ”he said.
Parler CEO John Martze also spoke to Fox today, claiming he was given 24 hours notice of the removal of his service, and suggested collusion.
“It’s very, very interesting that on the exact same day, without previously indicating, they never indicated to us that there was a serious or significant issue with our app,” Matze, chief executive, told Fox -newsman Mark Levin said. “But the same day, you know, all on the same day, they send us these very threatening notices.”
‘And Amazon, as usual, [was] basically said, ‘Oh, I’ve never seen any real problems. There are no problems. “You know, they played it very nonchalantly. And so we still, even on the 8th and 9th, know, we know, we had no real indication that it, you know, was deadly serious. ‘