‘We don’t consider that free speech’: Apple CEO Tim Cook defends removing Parler from App Store

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Apple CEO Tim Cook defended his company’s decision to remove the social media app Parler from its store, claiming that there were concerns over potential threats of violence by its users.

In a clip of an interview with Fox News Sunday’s Chris Wallace that was released on Friday, Cook said the company found threats to safety on Parler, and that exempted the relatively new social media platform from First Amendment protections.

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