{"id":1730,"date":"2021-10-05T15:25:51","date_gmt":"2021-10-05T15:25:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/crowhill.net\/blog\/?p=1730"},"modified":"2021-10-05T15:25:51","modified_gmt":"2021-10-05T15:25:51","slug":"why-was-parler-shut-down-and-not-facebook","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/crowhill.net\/blog\/2021\/10\/05\/why-was-parler-shut-down-and-not-facebook\/","title":{"rendered":"Why was Parler shut down and not Facebook?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In case you don&#8217;t remember, new social media site Parler was shut down after the Jan. 6 mess &#8220;because of continued posting on the Platform that &#8216;seeks to incite ongoing violence in the U.S.'&#8221; (See <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/parler-back-social-media-platform-shut-down-month-1569400\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Parler Back up After Social Media Platform Shut Down for Over a Month<\/a>) <\/p>\n<p>People pointed out that Facebook was used far more than Parler to plan Jan. 6, but &#8230; nevermind. Facebook is a liberal company and Parler is (allegedly) a conservative company, so different rules apply. <\/p>\n<p>And now, the Facebook whistleblower is confirming that yes, Facebook was just as guilty. <\/p>\n<p>Will anything be done? I&#8217;m not holding my breath. I doubt Congress has the courage to go after Facebook and risk losing their campaign contributions. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In case you don&#8217;t remember, new social media site Parler was shut down after the Jan. 6 mess &#8220;because of continued posting on the Platform that &#8216;seeks to incite ongoing violence in the U.S.&#8217;&#8221; (See Parler Back up After Social Media Platform Shut Down for Over a Month) People pointed out that Facebook was used &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/crowhill.net\/blog\/2021\/10\/05\/why-was-parler-shut-down-and-not-facebook\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Why was Parler shut down and not Facebook?&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1730","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/crowhill.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1730","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/crowhill.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/crowhill.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crowhill.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crowhill.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1730"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/crowhill.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1730\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1731,"href":"https:\/\/crowhill.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1730\/revisions\/1731"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/crowhill.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1730"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crowhill.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1730"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crowhill.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1730"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}