Tag Archives: Amazon

Amazon on Saturday night suspended the social media platform Parler from its web hosting service, according to multiple media reports.

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

Amazon is the latest tech giant to take steps to limit the social networking app favored by conservatives and right-wing groups for lack of content moderation.

Parler will be available to web hosting…

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

© Getty Images
amazon care technology bezos health industry mobile app plan offering fee pay companies

The move by Amazon was first reported by Buzzfeed News.

The company, founded by Jeff Bezos, said Parler’s lack of content moderation lead to its removal from its web hosting service, calling it a “Very real risk to public safety,” according to The Wall Street Journal.

Amazon Web Services (AWS) Trust and Safety team sent an email to Parler Chief Policy Officer Amy Peikoff explaining their decision.

“Recently, we’ve seen a steady increase in this violent content on your website, all of which violates our terms,” the email,…

Apple Inc and Amazon.com Inc have suspended Parler from their respective App Store and web hosting service, saying the social networking service that many right-leaning social media users have flocked to has not taken adequate measures to prevent the spread of posts inciting violence.

The action by Apple and Amazon follows a similar move by Alphabet Inc’s Google on Friday. Parler is favored by many supporters of U.S. President Donald Trump, who was permanently suspended from Twitter on Friday, and it is seen as a haven for people expelled from Twitter. “We have suspended Parler from the App Store until they resolve these issues,” Apple said in a statement Saturday.

Apple had given Parler 24 hours to submit a detailed moderation plan, pointing to participants’ using the service to…

Photo by ROBERTO SCHMIDT/AFP via Getty Images.

In response to Parler’s role in being used to plan the violent insurrection at the Capitol last Wednesday, Amazon has kicked the social media company off its web hosting services.

Amazon’s decision follows punitive actions by other tech companies against Parler, including Apple and Google, both of which removed Parler from their application stores for failing to adequately address the “proliferation of threats” that have spread across the platform like wildfire.

In the weeks leading to the January 6 joint session of Congress to count the Electoral College votes certifying President-elect Joe Biden’s win, Parler users shared many “parleys” (Parler’s term for posts, similar to Twitter’s tweets) that urged supporters…