On Saturday, Amazon removed the Parler social networking platform from its web hosting servers. Parler, a conservative-favored social network, is being targeted following the US Chapter riot on Wednesday and President Donald Trump’s migration to the platform, after it was banned by social media giants Twitter and Facebook.
#BREAK IN Amazon has suspended #VorbiThe web services account leaves the offline platform until they find a new host. The news comes after Apple and Google removed the app from their stores. #App Store #Amazon #Twitter
– Eric Wasserman? “WASS” (@ EricWasserman1) January 10, 2021
Parler will have to find another hosting service or the platform could be offline as early as Sunday.
According to an email obtained by BuzzFeed, the trusted and secure Amazon Web Services (AWS) team told Parler, policy director Amy Peikoff, that calls for violence against Parler violated its terms of service. Amazon added that “This morning, you said you have a plan to more proactively moderate violent content, but you plan to do it manually with volunteers. We believe that this birth plan to use volunteers to promptly identify and eliminate dangerous content will not work in light of the rapidly growing number of violent posts. “
The email continued: “Recently, we have seen a steady increase in this violent content on your website, which violates all of our terms. It is clear that Parler does not have an effective process for complying with the terms and conditions of AWS, ”“ We cannot provide services to a customer who is unable to effectively identify and remove content that encourages or incites violence against others. Because Parler is unable to comply with our terms of service and poses a very real risk to public safety, we plan to suspend your actual Parler account on Sunday, January 10, at 11:59 p.m. “
Google removed Parler from the app store on Friday, shortly after US President Donald Trump created a Parler account, causing crowds of people around the world to migrate to Parler as well.
Apple had previously given Parler 24 hours on Friday to “clean up” certain posts that it considered “incitement to violence” or would also be banned from the App Store. Apple did not specify what posts it referred to and banned Parler on Saturday afternoon.
Parler CEO John Matze issued an ad on the platform to inform users about the imminent shutdown of the platform. He said he expected the site to be offline for at least a week and that the company was “preparing for such events.” He said Parler will try to find a new hosting provider in the meantime.
