Apple CEO Tim Cook defends removing Parler from its App Store

Apple CEO Tim Cook defended removing Parler from his company’s App Store — saying he doesn’t see an “intersection” between the right to freedom of speech and the ability to provoke violence.

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Apple and Google booted the conservative-leaning social media site’s app and Amazon –Web Services dropped Parler from its servers — following the violent riots at the US Capitol on Jan. 6 that led to the deaths of five people, including a cop

“We looked at the incitement to violence that was on there. And we don’t consider that free speech and incitement to violence has an intersection,” Cook told host Chris Wallace on “Fox News Sunday.”

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