Talking refused to return to the Apple App Store: report

Apple has refused Talking back to the company’s app store, after the controversial conservative-appealing social media app was ousted from the platform in January following the January 6 riot on Capitol Hill , according to documents cited by Bloomberg.

“After reviewing the new information, we do not believe these changes are sufficient to comply with App Store Review guidelines,” Apple wrote to the policy director of Talk on February 25, according to Bloomberg. “There is no place for hateful, racist and discriminatory content on the App Store.”

Apple suspended Talking from its platform in January due to the app’s lack of moderation and threats of violence. The app was also removed from Amazon’s web hosting services in the same month.

Apple and Amazon have given Parler the opportunity to change its content moderation policy. But on February 15, Parler relaunched, this time on its own platform, which allowed it to bypass moderation rules.

With launch, the app introduced new community guidelines, but these were inadequate for App Store regulations – not least due to offensive “easily identifiable” terms and symbols on the platform.

“In fact, simple research reveals highly objectionable content, including easily identifiable offensive uses of derogatory terms relating to race, religion and sexual orientation, as well as Nazi symbols,” Apple wrote to Parler in a letter. , according to Bloomberg. “For these reasons, your app cannot be returned to the App Store for distribution until it complies with the guidelines.”

Speaking on Wednesday reportedly deleted three of its remaining iOS developers, Bloomberg reported, citing someone familiar with the matter. Overall, the company laid off seven workers, the majority of whom were contractors, while other staff worked in Parler TV and quality assurance.

The Talking Community Guidelines were written by chief policy officer Amy Peikoff, Bloomberg reported citing two people familiar with the matter.

Talk gained popularity among conservative users after the 2020 presidential election and the January 6 Capitol Riot, billing itself as a pro-free speech platform following Twitter’s measures to block some users, including old President TrumpDonald Trump Records Number of Unaccompanied Minors Detained at Border: Report MyPillow CEO Launches Social Media Site Described as Crossover between YouTube and Twitter Trump Endorses Widow of Representative-elect Luke Letlow in Louisiana Race House LEARN MORE, which definitively prohibits it.

Apple and Parler did not immediately respond to requests for comment.