, says his ousting by the company's board was in response to his push for more strict moderation of extremism and violence on the platform.that his termination came after disagreements with Parler board member and conservative mega-donor Rebekah Mercer over the app's content moderation policies.
"Over the past few months, I've met constant resistance to my product vision, my strong belief in free speech and my view of how the Parler site should be managed," he said in a statement."For example, I advocated for more product stability and what I believe is a more effective approach to content moderation."
Parler's hosting of far-right groups and a lack of content moderation relative to larger platforms like Facebook and Twitter for fringe groups after their"stop the steal" organizing had been kicked off traditional social media platforms. Parler has been knocked offline for not moderating threats. Screenshots show what Capitol riot supporters posted before, during, and after the unrestThat accessibility to potentially violent extremists resulted in the effective shutdown of the app after the Capitol riots as Google and Apple removed Parler from their app stores.
Parler did not immediately respond to a request for comment about Matze's termination. His comments this week appear to shed new light on an ongoing disagreement among Parler stakeholders about content moderation and how to address violent or extremist speech. Your morning cheat sheet to get you caught up on what you need to know in tech. Sign up to 10 Things in Tech You Need to Know Today.
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CHRIS EVANS HOW COULD YOU!? just a remnant of his time, BRING BACK THE CAPTAIN AMERICAN lady
Oh he got fired trying divide which can lead to treason Man this guy is smoking the bad juju
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