Google has pulled Parler, a social media app for conservatives and far-right extremists, from its app store for not taking stronger action to remove posts that seek "to incite ongoing violence" in the U.S.
"In order to protect user safety on Google Play, our longstanding policies require that apps displaying user-generated content have moderation policies and enforcement that removes egregious content like posts that incite violence", a Google spokesperson said.
"All developers agree to these terms and we have reminded Parler of this clear policy in recent months", the spokesperson added.
"We recognize that there can be reasonable debate about content policies and that it can be difficult for apps to immediately remove all violative content, but for us to distribute an app through Google Play, we do require that apps implement robust moderation for egregious content".
"In light of this ongoing and urgent public safety threat, we are suspending the app's listings from the Play Store until it addresses these issues".
