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We're never gonna get anywhere unless we come to terms with the fact that some things do not have a right to exist. Parler itself can exist, but some of the content on it cannot because it is straight up illegal (plots of murder for example). There are tons of examples of things that society has decided cannot exist, this isn't new, Parler seems to think it is though.

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But that can be said of any platform. Plus of murder, as in your example, have happened in Twitter, Facebook, and other social media platforms.

Well of course, but as a percentage of the content posted on other platforms it isn't even close. You can't just dismiss this on that argument, "it depends" is a thing and it is real

Prosecute the offenders, then.

Yes, please, do that or at least moderate the content. It didn't happen, there are consequences. Imagine a site that regularly ignored content posted that was illegal, and you just sit back and say "prosecute them then"... but they never do. What happens next in your world?

> plots of murder for example

Parler claims to moderate such illegal speech. I'm curious if anyone here has evidence that, when brought to moderator's attention, Parler has opted not to delete such content?

Correct.

Please provide your source and also a counter source showing that other social networks act appropriately without fail 100% of the time.

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