Photographer: Gabby Jones / Bloomberg
Photographer: Gabby Jones / Bloomberg
The Executive Director of Parler LLC says he went into hiding after receiving death threats.
John Matze Jr.’s social media platform was, in short, the new home of Donald Trump’s conservative supporters who came to her after Twitter banned the president. But Parler darkened on Sunday after Apple Inc. and Google took it out of their app stores and Amazon.com Inc. he pulled the plug on his web hosting service, citing violent content that the e-commerce giant says he played in the January 6 Chapter riot.
“Many Parler employees suffer harassment and hostility, fear for the safety of themselves and their families, and in some cases have fled their home state to escape persecution,” said Matze’s lawyer in the Parler trial, which sought to force Amazon. Web Online platform replacement services. Matze had to “hide with his family after receiving death threats and invasive personal security breaches.” The CEO did not specify the source of the threats, but his lawyer said in a case that Matze’s secret action was necessary because he was highlighted “while the CEO of AWS continues to denounce”.
Matze’s move comes after Amazon earlier this week said its employees were threatened – by Parler users. “Both sides of the dispute have shown that their employees have suffered real harassment and threats – including death threats from both sides – due to the alleged nature of the dispute,” according to Parler’s case, previously reported by Fox News.
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