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Parler Users Breached Deep Inside U.S. Capitol Building, GPS Data Shows

At least several users of the far-right social network Parler appear to be among the horde of rioters that managed to penetrate deep inside the U.S. Capitol building and into areas normally restricted to the public, according to GPS metadata linked to videos posted to the platform the day of the insurrection in…Read more...
Tags: Science, Donald Trump, U S Capitol, Parler, Capitol Riot, The Capitol Mob

Here Are All the Trump Sycophants Who Got Banned From Social Media After the Capitol Riot

Last week, Donald Trump riled up a mob of his supporters to storm the U.S. Capitol while members of Congress were voting to certify the results of the 2020 elections—a de facto act of sedition that failed to bring about his fantasized coup and resulted in five deaths.Read more...
Tags: Apple, Google, Facebook, Twitter, Politics, Science, Technology, Pinterest, Congress, Youtube, Social Media, Snapchat, Airbnb, Cameo, Donald Trump, Gofundme

Parler's Implosion, Explained

Parler, which rose to prominence as the “conservative Twitter” thanks to its lax content moderation, is having one of the worst weeks of its existence—indeed, after the time it’s had, Parler may cease to exist at all.Read more...
Tags: Amazon, Science, Lawsuits, Tough Times, Parler, Capitol Riot

Parler Sues Amazon Over Supposed Antitrust Violation

Parler is now suing Amazon after the company—along with fellow tech giants Apple and Google—refused to continue hosting the “free speech” platform in the wake of last week’s violent rush on the U.S. Capitol.Read more...
Tags: Apple, Google, Amazon, Science, Aws, Parler, Deplatforming, Capitol Riot, The Great Deplatforming

Dropped by Virtually 'Every Vendor,' Parler Is Scrambling to Find a New Safe Space Online

Parler is learning a hard lesson this week that freedom of speech is not freedom from consequences. Read more...
Tags: Apple, Google, Amazon, Twitter, Science, Conservative, Trump, Trump Administration, Parler, Capitol Riot, All Around Me Are Familiar Faces

Dropped by Virtually 'Every Vender,' Parler Is Scrambling to Find a New Safe Space Online

Parler is learning a hard lesson this week that freedom of speech is not freedom from consequences. Read more...
Tags: Apple, Google, Amazon, Twitter, Science, Conservative, Trump, Trump Administration, Parler, Capitol Riot, All Around Me Are Familiar Faces

Police Use of Clearview AI's Facial Recognition Tech Spiked After Capitol Raid

Clearview AI’s controversial facial-recognition app has seen a spike in use as police track down the pro-Trump insurgents who descended on the Capitol on Wednesday. With so many of those idiots snapping selfies and livestreaming the raid as if it was a school field trip, I’m surprised police even needed the help.Read more...
Tags: Google, Twitter, Science, Washington Dc, Facial Recognition, Face Recognition, Capitol, ClearView, Clearview AI, Capitol Riot

Mozilla Calls for Sites to Go Beyond Just Deplatforming Bigots

Online platforms are hastily cutting ties with President Donald Trump and his ilk after years of milquetoast responses to the hateful and violent rhetoric fomenting under their watch, and all it took was a deadly insurgency at the nation’s capital. However, Mozilla says deplatforming doesn’t go far enough and has…Read more...
Tags: Science, Mozilla, Capitol Hill, Donald Trump, Mozilla Firefox, Trump, Trump Administration, Content Moderation, However Mozilla, Capitol Riot

Twitter Cracks Down on Qanon Accounts for Role in Capitol Riot

Twitter removed the accounts of a number of high-profile supporters of the Qanon conspiracy theory this Friday after their alleged role in spurring on the violent, pro-Trump insurgency at the U.S. Capitol building Thursday. Read more...
Tags: Twitter, Science, Social Media, Trump, U S Capitol, QAnon, Capitol Riot, Twitter Purge

There Is Such a Thing as Too Late

No one needed to predict a frothing hoard of Trump supporters would lay siege to the Capitol on Wednesday because they told us that was the plan all along. Read more...
Tags: Science, Climate Change, Donald Trump, Trump, Capitol, US Capitol Building, Capitol Riot

Thanks For the Evidence, You Seditious Dweebs

Yesterday, a nauseated and tired public witnessed a clear, on-the-ground, real-time feed of Trump supporters committing countless potential felonies and misdemeanors. They saw it not through security footage or journalists’ reports but mostly from the culprits themselves, who gleefully livestreamed and tweeted from…Read more...
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