Amazon suspends Parler from web hosting service

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On Saturday night, Amazon suspended the Parler social networking platform from its web hosting service, confirmed an Amazon spokesperson The Hill.

The Amazon move was first reported by Buzzfeed News.

The company, founded by Jeff BezosJeffrey (Jeff) Preston Bezos The richest people in the world have added .8T to their combined fortune in 2020 Amazon delivered over 1.5 billion items in the Washington Post holiday season to add over 150 jobs next year, bringing the newsroom to the record size MORE, said Parler’s lack of content moderation led to its removal from its web hosting service, calling it “a very real risk to public safety,” according to The Wall Street Journal.

The Amazon Web Services Trust and Security Team (AWS) sent an email to Parler’s Director of Policy, Amy Peikoff, explaining their decision.

“Recently, we’ve seen a steady increase in this violent content on your website, which violates all of our terms,” ​​Buzzfeed said in an email. “Clearly, Parler does not have an effective process for complying with AWS terms and conditions.”

The email goes on to say that Parler will be available to web hosting users until Sunday at 23:59 PST, when the suspension takes effect.

An Amazon / AWS spokesman, in a statement to The Hill, confirmed the email obtained by Buzzfeed.

Parler CEO John Matze also confirmed the news in a post on his platform, calling the suspension “an attempt to completely eliminate free expression on the Internet.”

Amazon’s suspension of the Parler account means the app risks going offline Sunday night, according to Buzzfeed.

While looking for a new host, Parler may be unavailable as it rebuilds from scratch, Matze said, although many vendors “compete” for his business. “This was a coordinated attack by technology giants to kill competition in the market,” Matze said in his announcement.

Amazon is the latest technology giant to take action to limit the social networking application favored by conservatives and right-wing groups due to a lack of content moderation. The online retailer is following in the footsteps of Apple, which suspended the Parler app on Saturday morning, and Google, which removed the platform from its app store on Friday night.

Parler was recently brought under control following violent attacks on the US Capitol after various media outlets reported that Parler had been used to help coordinate riots.

Since then, users have demanded a new violent descent in the nation’s capital on January 19, the day before the president-elect Joe BidenJudge Joe BidenUS is blocking the Trump administration’s restrictions on asylum eligibility. McConnell is distributing proceedings for Trump’s second indictment in the Senate. will be sworn in, according to Buzzfeed.

Updated at 23:22

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