Amazon, Apple and Google Work Together To Force Free Speech App Parler To Close Down

 

Daily Mail: Conservative 'free speech' app Parler DISAPPEARS from the internet at 3am after tech giants Amazon, Apple and Google all pull the plug over 'posts inciting violence' 

 * Parler went offline at 3am EST after Amazon booted it from its web hosting app 

 * It has already been kicked off Apple and Google's stores after the Capitol siege 

 * The app was the most-downloaded on Apple after Donald Trump's Twitter ban 

 * CEO John Matze warned that 'we will likely be down longer than expected' 

 * He later said the app has 'worked hard' to 'remove prohibited content' 

 * Don Jr. shared a post which read: 'The internet was a hell of a lot safer before @Twitter, @Apple, @Google, and @Facebook started protecting us from it' 

Right-wing social media site Parler has disappeared from the web and vanished from the Apple and Google app stores after tech giants cut ties with the platform in the wake of the deadly mob attack at the US Capitol. 

Parler went offline shortly after 3am EST after Amazon booted the platform off its web hosting service, effectively shutting it down until it can find a new hosting partner. 

Hailed by Donald Trump supporters as a conservative-friendly alternative to Twitter - which permanently suspended the president on Friday - the site is seen as a magnet for the far right and was accused by Apple, Google and Amazon of continuing to allow messages inciting violence after Wednesday's riot. 

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WNU Editor: If Amazon, Google, and Apple applied the same standards to themselves as they did to Parler. They would also be forced to shut down. Parler's mistake is that they positioned themselves to be dependent on Amazon's hosting services. And because of that dependence .... once Parler was cut-off everyone followed suit including their text message services and email providers. 

I am the cofounder of Bookyards.com .... after Gutenberg the second oldest free online library on the web. I cannot tell you how many times over the years I have been told to put Bookyards on Amazon's cloud. It would be mega-cheaper in the long run to do so, and if technical problems should occur, Amazon would correct it very quickly. 

I have always refused preferring to have my own servers and people involved to avoid exactly what has happened to Parler. 

One thing that I learned very early in the evolution of the web is if the large tech companies see you as a competitor, they will shut you down. Parler has just learned that sobering lesson the hard way. 

 More News On The Force Closure Of Parler 

Parler goes dark after move by Amazon -- The Hill 

Parler goes dark: Amazon suspends the social platform from its web hosting services -- USA Today Parler app and website go offline; CEO blames Apple and Google for destroying the company -- 9 to 5 Mac 

Tech giants crack down on Parler for lack of content moderation -- The Hill 

Bans on Parler and Trump Show Big Tech’s Power Over Web Conversation -- Bloomberg 

Parler CEO says app will be offline ‘longer than expected’ because of Amazon, Apple and Google -- CNBC Conservative Social Media App Parler Is Pretty Much Dead -- Forbes

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