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Free Speech Platform Gab Reports 753% Surge in Traffic in 24 Hours
As Twitter and Facebook are purging conservative and other dissenting users, alternative social media platforms, including Gab, MeWe and Parler are seeing an unprecedented surge in users and traffic as users are abandoning (or being suspended from) Facebook and Twitter.
People are Leaving Twitter in Droves After Extreme Censorship, Joining Parler, MeWe and Gab Instead
Note: Google and Apple have pulled Parler from Google Play and iTunes, but the app is still available on Parler’s website (see our previous article with links).
https://tennesseestar.com/2021/01/10/twexit-movement-picks-up-steam-after-trump-banned-from-twitter/
U.S. Lifts Self-Imposed Restrictions on Relations With Taiwan
For decades, the Unites States has limited itself in it’s interactions with it’s ally Taiwan, in an attempt to appease the Communist Party which rules the People’s Republic of China (PRC).
The PRC on the other hand, has become increasingly confrontational towards the U.S. in recent years.
On Saturday, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced that the U.S. is finally abandoning it’s self-imposed restrictions when interacting with Taiwan.
https://www.state.gov/lifting-self-imposed-restrictions-on-the-u-s-taiwan-relationship/
Mexican President Obrador Condemns Twitter, Facebook for Censoring Donald Trump
Parler App can Still be Downloaded on its Own Website
[Update 2/15/2021]: As of today, Parler is back online. While Apple does not allow iPhone users to install the Parler app and the app is also no longer available on Google’s PlayStore, at least Android users can once again download and install the Parler app directly from Parler’s own website (see link below).
[Update 1/11/2021]: On January 11, Amazon Web Services turned Parler offline. Parler is since looking for a new hosting company to host its social media platform. It currently has a placeholder website at www.parler.com, but no functionality beyond occasional notifications on its quest to return. The download links for the app (see below) are currently not working either.
[Original article]: As part of the Great Purge, big tech companies are currently aggressively removing alternative content and opinion and are banning conservative, libertarian or simply dissenting users.
Twitter just permanently banned the sitting President of the United States from its platform an hour ago. Google just removed the free-speech Twitter-alternative app Parler from its app store, Apple is considering a similar move.
The good news is: the Parler smartphone app is still available for download on Parler’s own website:
Here is the link to the Android App: https://company.parler.com/android
Here is the link to the iPhone app: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/parler-app/id1402727988?ls=1
And here is the link to Parler’s website: https://parler.com/
UK Opens its First Geothermal Plant Using Heat From the Earth to Power 10,000 Homes
After Jack Dorsey Allows the President of the United States to Communicate Again, Trump Addresses the Nation
In his first tweet since Twitter suspended his account when Trump called on the demonstrators at the Capitol to go home, the President posted a video in which he calls for calm and reconciliation. He condemns the violence that was committed at the Capitol and states that the focus is now on ensuring a smooth and peaceful transition of power.
The President’s twitter account is still heavily redacted by the social media platform, which also deleted the video in which Trump tells protestors to go home.
https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1347334804052844550?s=20
The Trump Administration is Achieving Environmental Progress While Saving Taxpayer Dollars
Downtown Nashville Features Mural Honoring Police Officers Who Responded to Bombing
Julian Assange Can’t Be Extradited To U.S., British Judge Rules
Ohio Removes Duty for Crime Victims to Retreat
The governor of Ohio reluctantly signed a bill into law, removing the requirement for a law abiding citizen to retreat when attacked by a criminal before being allowed to defend him/herself.
While Ohio still has many problematic laws which make good people more likely to get convicted of a crime there than in many other states, this so called “stand your ground” bill is a great step in the right direction and will reduce legal advantages that criminals in Ohio had over their victims.
The majority Republican lawmaker in Ohio also refused the governor’s call to pass so-called gun-control legislation, which would have created more restrictions and legal pitfalls for law-abiding gun-owners who simply want to protect themselves and their loved ones.
https://m.washingtontimes.com/news/2021/jan/4/mike-dewine-ohio-governor-signs-gun-rights-bill-el/