Google Pressed in Lawsuit to Dump Telegram Just Like Parler

  • Parler was dropped by Google app store after Capitol riot
  • Former ambassador says Telegram also encourages violence
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A former U.S. ambassador wants Google to do to Telegram what it did to Parler.

Marc Ginsberg sued the Alphabet Inc. unit Monday, asking a California court to require it to remove the Telegram Messenger app from the Google Play Store because it facilitates violence, extremism and anti-Semitism.