ABC News: Some worried right-wing extremists will use Parler to lure individuals to other fringe platforms

The main requests for Twitter a couple of years back were for 1) an edit button and 2) Twitter to kick all the Nazis off of the platform. Then Gab popped up as a free-speech alternative to Twitter, and everyone claimed that all the Nazis migrated there. The same thing happened with Parler, which Amazon kicked off its hosting platform after the storming of the Capitol, claiming insurgents had planned the attack there.

Parler is back and ready to return to the app stores from which it was pulled, and ABC News is reporting that some media advocates are worried right-wing extremist groups might use Parler to recruit individuals into other fringe platforms like Telegram. (Remember our warnings about whenever a journalist uses the word “some” — it’s almost always one left-wing professor.)

Some social media advocates are worried that right-wing extremist groups could use the Parler app to recruit individuals to other messaging spaces and fringe platforms that make it easier for spreaders of misinformation to do harm. https://t.co/2xfLaeI6vy

— ABC News (@ABC) April 22, 2021

ABC News reports:

With larger platforms like Twitter and Facebook struggling with moderation issues, Fadi Quran of the nonprofit advocacy group Avaaz, which says it seeks to protect democracies from misinformation, said it is unclear how effectively Parler will practice content moderation.

“Parler has become a haven for online actors seeking to spread hate, incite violence, and push disinformation,” Quran said. “And those individuals will certainly seek to leverage the platform to cause harm and recruit users to other fringe messaging boards, where they may organize violence.”

Sounds like we need to take Parler back down. Facebook is cool, though, even though it played a much larger role in the organization of the January 6 riots than Parler did.

Alternate headline:

Some social media giants are afraid the narrative coming from the media can't be controlled on Parler, making it easier for people to expose misinformation.

— Schadenfreudelish (@aggierican) April 22, 2021

I completely agree.
I’m worried Parler may cover for an @NBA superstar, like say @KingJames, and let them get away with inciting violence against a police officer.
I’m certain if someone, like say @KingJames, did this @Twitter would hold them accountable.

— Fallon Rogan 2024 ?? (@I_Assure_You) April 22, 2021

"Social media advocates."

Orwell salutes you.

— TJ Sanders (@TJSandersHere) April 22, 2021

Social media advocates advocating for fewer social media sites.

pic.twitter.com/21cZSNbDEr

— Brooding Pelican (@BroodingPelican) April 22, 2021

Yeah becuase misinformation never happens in big media https://t.co/wCOV5DZtLG

— M Gfunk (@Engerlandm8) April 22, 2021

What has happened to you all? When I was pursuing my degree in journalism, we were specifically taught to avoid headlines with obligatory, obtuse pronouns like, “many” or “some.” Thats literally an agenda-setting headline that could be used to write any story you wanted.

— connor (@c_evs) April 22, 2021

Wow. The media will do anything to get conservative voices shut down. This is sad.

— jfett???? (@jenfett66) April 22, 2021

Yep. Just call everyone to the right of President Biden a “right-wing extremist” or even a possible recruit for right-wing extremist groups and use that as your excuse to silence them.

Related:

House Dems call for an FBI investigation of Parler over the January 6 riot and possible ties to Russia https://t.co/OrnOtFsWvy

— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) January 21, 2021