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<ul class="summary-list"><li><keyword id="10601312" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="wimkin">Wimkin</keyword> said its users spiked about 20% after the Capitol riots, before Google removed the app.</li><li>"We do not plan to shut down," said Jason Sheppard, Wimkin's founder.</li><li>A Google spokesperson said it didn't allow apps that "depict or facilitate gratuitous violence."</li></ul>Alternative <keyword id="6354632" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="social-media">social media</keyword> network Wimkin enjoyed a spike of around 20% in new users in the 12 days between the <keyword id="10554785" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="capitol-siege">Capitol siege</keyword> and Monday, when Google removed it from its app store, said its founder.Jason Sheppard told Insider it gained about 55,000 new users, breaking the milestone of 300,000 users.Now, after Google and Apple both <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/apple-google-removed-wimkin-app-founder-reports-ddos-attack2021-1">removed the app</a>, new users will have to download Wimkin directly from the company's homepage. That will make it more difficult to add users accustomed to app stores. But the social network, doesn't plan to call it quits. "We do not plan to shut down," Sheppard said.Wimkin was launched in August 2020 as a free speech social network, an alternative to larger sites like <keyword id="6354616" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="Twitter">Twitter</keyword> and <keyword id="6354576" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="facebook">Facebook</keyword>. Some users who've been banned or suspended from larger social networks have found new audiences on smaller alternative networks. <keyword id="9465142" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="parler">Parler</keyword>, for example, shot to the top of the app store after the Capitol siege. Apple and Google <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/apple-threatens-parler-ban-over-alleged-role-in-coup-attempt-2021-1?r=ts-sub">removed both Parler,</a> which went dark when it <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/us-district-court-denies-parler-preliminary-injunction-for-amazon-suit-2021-1">was also removed</a> from its web host, Amazon Web Services. Parler's website <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/parler-website-is-back-online-2021-1">came back online</a> this week. For Wimkin, <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/apple-google-removed-wimkin-app-founder-reports-ddos-attack2021-1">Apple</a> and Google each cited a lack of moderation for dangerous content, according to messages shared by the company. A Google spokesperson told Insider: "We don't allow apps that depict or facilitate gratuitous violence or other dangerous activities."Read more: <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/how-silicon-valley-banished-donald-trump-in-48-hours-2021-1?r=ks-sub">How Silicon Valley banished Donald Trump in 48 hours</a>Wimkin said Google and Apple sent it nine screenshots (four from Google and five from Apple) as part of a back-and-forth exchange over Wimkin's moderation. In those screenshots, shared with Insider, one user called for a militia to form in Washington on January 6. Others featured general violent rhetoric. One post, which was accompanied by a picture of President Donald Trump, read: "Its time for all Patriots to prepare for a possible armed conflict with the treasonous individual's who are trying to destroy our country." Like Parler, Wimkin increased its moderation efforts after Google and Apple sought changes. The company increased its moderation team from four to eight people, it said. That was more than enough "to police content," said Sheppard.It also said it was increasing word-banning filters, adding Google Vision, an image-recognition system, and making other updates. Still, Sheppard said he was notified of Google's removal decision Monday evening."We're being treated entirely unfairly and if we aren't reinstated when we've worked tirelessly to comply and become a better platform, we will be seeking legal remedy to at the very least, shed some light into this tyrannical monopoly," Sheppard said via email.

Wimkin's founder says his company is being treated unfairly after its app was removed by Google and Apple app stores

<ul class="summary-list"><li><keyword id="6354427" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="60" keywordseo="apple">Apple</keyword> and <keyword id="6355629" type="DEFINITION" weightage="60" keywordseo="google">Google</keyword> both removed <keyword id="10601312" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="wimkin">Wimkin</keyword>, a free-speech social network, from their app stores, as <a href="https://www.wsj.com/articles/apples-app-store-removes-social-media-platform-wimkin-over-calls-to-violence-11610669305">The Wall Street Journal</a> first reported.</li><li>On its website, Wimkin posted a notice, saying "a massive DDOS attack attempt came in" after the removals.</li><li>At least one group on the network had repeatedly called for an armed militia to form in Washington during President-elect Joe Biden's inauguration. </li></ul>Wimkin, a free-speech <keyword id="6354632" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="social-media">social media</keyword> network, said it was hit with a "massive" attack by hackers after Apple and Google removed its app from their stores.On Tuesday, Wimkin had been removed from Apple's App Store for not moderating violent content, including some users calling for a civil war, as <a href="https://www.wsj.com/articles/apples-app-store-removes-social-media-platform-wimkin-over-calls-to-violence-11610669305">The Wall Street Journal</a> first reported. Google planned to remove the app early Friday morning, according to Wimkin.On its website, Wimkin posted a notice, saying "a massive DDOS attack attempt came in" after the removals were announced. In the last week, additional DDOS attacks had disrupted the network, and disabled the Wimkin app, the company said in a Facebook post. "We are placing the site in maintenance mode while we combat such. Please check back shortly. We'll announce when back online. Thank you for your patience and support. Thank you," Wimkin said on its website.With about 300,000 users, Wimkin is relatively small. Its design mimics Facebook's pages and posts. Its founder Jason Sheppard said on LinkedIn that his network "does not censor its users for anything but criminal activity and allows free speech with no fact checking."Last week, <a href="https://markets.businessinsider.com/news/stocks/apple-bans-parler-from-app-store-over-content-promotes-violence-2021-1-1029945235">Apple</a> and <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/google-bans-parler-from-play-store-over-violent-content-2021-1">Google</a> both <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/parler-john-matze-attacks-google-aoc-supporting-app-store-ban-2021-1">removed</a> <keyword id="9465142" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="parler">Parler</keyword>, a larger free speech social network. As violent mobs ransacked the hallways of Congress on Wednesday, a chorus of Parler users <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/parler-erupted-with-talk-of-revolution-as-mobs-stormed-capitol-2021-1">called for violence</a>. Parler went offline on Sunday night, as Amazon <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/parler-shutdown-by-amazon-might-not-be-fatal-to-the-social-network-2021-1">removed it</a> from its web hosting service.Read more: <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/parler-app-hotbed-radicalization-extremism-2021-1?r=ks-sub">Parler should be taken seriously as a hotbed of extremism and conspiracy theories, a new study shows</a>Both Parler and Wimkin said they're dedicated to free speech. They had welcomed users who were removed from Twitter or Facebook for supporting QAnon, using violent rhetoric, or other policy violations. Parler had been the <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/parler-john-matze-responded-angrily-jack-dorsey-apple-ban-2021-1">top download</a> on the App Store before its removal last week.In recent months, Wimkin users had posted about marching on Washington in January. At least one group on the network had repeatedly called for an armed militia to form in Washington during President-elect Joe Biden's inauguration. "Millions of American Militia will meet in Washington DC, on January 20, 2021 for the purpose of preventing any attempt by the treasonous domestic enemy Joe Biden, or any other member of the Communist Organized Crime Organization known as The Democratic Party, from entering the White House belonging to We The People," said a post on one group's page, as captured by the Internet Archive's <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210108195803/https://wimkin.com/1r3">Wayback Machine</a>. Some posts and users who had incited violence were removed after Apple notified the app, Sheppard told The Wall Street Journal.Apple said it had received complaints that Wimkin was "used to plan and facilitate illegal and dangerous activities on January 20th," according to Wimkin, which posted its conversation with Apple on its Facebook page. Apple did not respond to a request for comment. "We have determined that Wimkin does not have sufficient user generated content precautions in place to protect the health and safety of users," an App Store representative said, according to Wimkin.

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