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Apple CEO Tim Cook on Hate Speech: 'You Have No Place on Our Platform'
Apple CEO Tim Cook this afternoon accepted the Anti-Defamation League's inaugural Courage Against Hate Award at the Never is Now Summit on Anti-Semitism and Hate, where he gave a keynote speech that had a strong message for those seeking to spread hate on Apple's platform.
"We only have one message for those who seek to push hate, division, and violence, Cook said. "You have no place on our platform. You have no home here."
Cook went on to say that this is a longtime view of Apple's, and he pointed out the company's removal of Infowars content earlier this year. Apple, he said, is not afraid to say that its values drive its curation decisions.
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"We only have one message for those who seek to push hate, division, and violence, Cook said. "You have no place on our platform. You have no home here."
Cook went on to say that this is a longtime view of Apple's, and he pointed out the company's removal of Infowars content earlier this year. Apple, he said, is not afraid to say that its values drive its curation decisions.
From the earliest days of iTunes to Apple Music today, we have always prohibited music with a message of white supremacy. Why? Because it's the right thing to do.According to Cook, while Apple is a technology company, its employees "never forget" that the devices they design are imagined by human minds, built by human hands, and are meant to improve human lives.
And as we showed this year, we won't give a platform to violent conspiracy theorists on the App Store. Why? Because it's the right thing to do.
My friends, if we can't be clear on moral questions like these, then we've got big problems. At Apple, we are not afraid to say that our values drive our curation decisions. And why should we be? Doing what's right, creating experiences free from violence and hate, experiences that empower creativity and new ideas is what our customers want us to do.
Technology should be about human attention. It should be about optimism. And we believe the future should belong to those who use technology to build a better, more inclusive, and more hopeful world.
After all, history is full of examples of what can happen when those with power, and those who ought to have good judgement, instead look the other way. I believe the most sacred thing that each of us is given is our judgement. Our morality. Our own innate desire to separate right from wrong. Choosing to set that responsibility aside at a moment of trial is a sin. We as individuals have the power to know and feel and act and we ought to use it.
I sometimes say that I worry less about computers that think like people and more about people that think like computers. Without values or compassion, without concern for consequences. And so we try to stay rooted and to keep our devices connected to the humanity that makes us us.Cook's full speech at the Never is Now Summit was made available via the ADL's livestream of the event. The livestream is now offline, but we'll update should the video be uploaded to the ADL's website at a later time.
Note: Due to the political nature of the discussion regarding this topic, the discussion thread is located in our Politics, Religion, Social Issues forum. All forum members and site visitors are welcome to read and follow the thread, but posting is limited to forum members with at least 100 posts.
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9 months ago
There is no such thing as hate speech. Don't be hypocritical TC. The left always has a platform to call everyone a nazi, fascist, racist, sexist or bigot when that is demonstrably not the case.
9 months ago
Who gets to decide what constitutes hate speech? Is it a panel? Can I be on it?
9 months ago
From the earliest days of iTunes to Apple Music today, we have always prohibited music with a message of white supremacy. Why? Because it's the right thing to do.
I agree with this sentiment, but I can’t take them seriously when there is plenty of black supremacy rap music on iTunes. They preach about what is right, but they seem to have quite a bit of bias when it comes to what they think is right and wrong.
9 months ago
Yep the problem is that this sounds all nice warm and comfy, as long as you don't define who defines hate speech? The current definition is anything that is not in line with current liberal political correctness and the massive bias current liberal political correctness has against open political and policy dialog. Liberals can't win with facts so they destroy the messenger by labeling them a hater.
Of course everyone believes there is speech that should not be repeated or amplified. But the current proposal by Cook, and others, is nothing but censorship to further their political position. A position that is not supported by facts and/or at least half the US population.
Of course everyone believes there is speech that should not be repeated or amplified. But the current proposal by Cook, and others, is nothing but censorship to further their political position. A position that is not supported by facts and/or at least half the US population.
9 months ago
No music promoting white supremacy. Lots of music celebrating sexual assault and cop killing. This is the problem with taking sides and trying to identify some evils that bother you - there will always be other evils you accept that are objectively as bad. Does Louis Farrakhan still have a voice on Apple? He still does on Twitter despite being a Jew hating lowlife. I don’t envy modern companies all this hair splitting. They cannot be a free for all because some moron starts posting porn or something else vile and so they start trying to enforce rules and it’s hard to get it correct. It’s hard for laws to sort this stuff out.
9 months ago
Who gets to decide what constitutes hate speech? Is it a panel? Can I be on it?
It's simple. Hate speech is anything the left doesn't like.
9 months ago
This thread has restored my faith in humanity. I have thought that we irreversibly got lost into a horror of political correctness.
There is a good old quote which says: "I do not agree with the single word you said, but I will to the death defend your right to say it".
There is a good old quote which says: "I do not agree with the single word you said, but I will to the death defend your right to say it".
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