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AWS has revoked its hosting services from the “free speech” social network Parler after finding a number of posts inciting violence.  Parler was founded in 2018 but drew increased attention earlier this month after Twitter’s decision to permanently suspend the account of US President Donald Trump. Like many of its Silicon Valley peers, Twitter has been accused of stifling debate, having a liberal bias and harming free speech. After failing to find a replacement hosting service, the controversial platform remains inaccessible. Before AWS’ decision to remove Parler, both Google and Apple made similar calls, taking Parler down from their respective app stores. Not long before that, Parler briefly topped the App Store download charts. Shut down In an interview with Fox News late last… Source link

Evening Standard Transfer news LIVE! Man Utd want Faivre; Sancho latest; Napoli target Tierney; Arsenal, Chelsea gossip today The transfer window has yet to really get going, with few major arrivals in the Premier League as the restrictions and financial implications of the Covid pandemic make doing business tough. As ever, Manchester United have been linked with a number of players, today’s main one being French U21 international Romain Faivre, while Jadon Sancho has also been talking about the speculation linking him with a move to Old Trafford. Much of Arsenal’s January window appears to revolve around outgoings as Mikel Arteta looks to clear out his squad. Source link

Parler, the far-right social network favored by many Trump supporters, went offline on Sunday evening, apparently due to the withdrawal of web hosting services by Amazon’s AWS division. Attempts by Variety to connect to the site on Monday arrived only at a largely blank screen with an error message announcing “this site can’t be reached.” Web trackers contacted by AFP reached the same conclusion. #BREAKING Conservative social network site Parler forced offline: web trackers pic.twitter.com/rVXYXhWLBp — AFP News Agency (@AFP) January 11, 2021 Earlier over the weekend, Amazon informed Parler, which boasts of taking a hands-off policy to content moderation, of the imminent loss of its internet hosting services. That came after Apple and Google banned Parler from their… Source link

A message seeking comment from Parler was sent Sunday on whether the company plans to change its policies and enforcement around these issues. Amazon struck another blow Saturday, informing Parler it would need to look for a new web-hosting service effective midnight Sunday. It reminded Parler in a letter, first reported by Buzzfeed, that it had informed it in the past few weeks of 98 examples of posts “that clearly encourage and incite violence” and said the platform “poses a very real risk to public safety.” Parler CEO John Matze decried the punishments as “a coordinated attack by the tech giants to kill competition in the marketplace. We were too successful too fast,” he said in a Saturday night post, saying it was possible Parler would be unavailable for up to a week… Source link

A message seeking comment from Parler was sent Sunday on whether the company plans to change its policies and enforcement around these issues. Amazon struck another blow Saturday, informing Parler it would need to look for a new web-hosting service effective midnight Sunday. It reminded Parler in a letter, first reported by Buzzfeed, that it had informed it in the past few weeks of 98 examples of posts “that clearly encourage and incite violence” and said the platform “poses a very real risk to public safety.” Parler CEO John Matze decried the punishments as “a coordinated attack by the tech giants to kill competition in the marketplace. We were too successful too fast,” he said in a Saturday night post, saying it was possible Parler would be unavailable for up to a week… Source link