Twitter, Apple, and Facebook take coordinated action against conservatives

Published January 9, 2021 2:43am ET



Big Tech took the first of what seems to be a coordinated step against pro-Trump voices this week.

After removing several of his posts and suspending him from his account, Twitter announced on Friday that it would ban President Trump from the platform entirely. Facebook had already done the same. Shortly after Twitter’s announcement, Apple threatened to remove Parler, an alternative app to Twitter that has attracted a good number of conservatives in recent months, from the app store unless the company changes its content moderation policies.

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