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Apple Inc and Amazon.com Inc have suspended Parler from their respective App Store and web hosting service, saying the social networking service popular with many right-leaning social media users 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 earlier given Parler 24 hours to submit a detailed moderation plan, pointing to participants’ using the…

• Amazon is removing the fast-growing social media network Parler from its web hosting service, according to an email obtained by BuzzFeed News. Amazon confirmed the authenticity of the letter to Insider.
• Amazon Web Services said Parler violated its terms of service due to an increase in violent content shared on the website.
• Unless Parler is able to find an alternative hosting platform, the website will go offline Sunday night.
• The move comes after Google and Apple banned the Parler app from their app stores, also for violating policies by failing to remove violent content.
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Amazon is removing the fast-growing social media network Parler from its web hosting service, according to an email obtained by BuzzFeed…

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…