January 11, 2021
This story, plus a talk radio company directs hosts to stop suggesting that the election was fraudulent, network correspondents recall attacks on the media during the Capitol attack, and more, all in today’s media headlines.
Amazon struck another blow to the social media platform Parler – its website is down for the count on Monday.
On Saturday, Amazon Web Services suspended Parler from its web hosting services effective 11:59 p.m. PT Sunday, BuzzFeed reported late Saturday, citing a letter it had obtained that mentions 98 examples of Parler posts that “encourage and incite violence.”
Amazon declined to comment on the suspension.
Far right-friendly Parler hit further headwinds over the weekend after the social networking service reportedly removed a post by pro-Trump lawyer Lin Wood, where he threatened violence against Vice President Mike Pence.
This comes as Parler will likely be knocked offline for a week after Google and Apple removed it from their app stores. These moves along with Amazon’s suspension…
Parler, a social network service popular with conservatives, went offline Monday after its web hosting service Amazon suspended it for allowing posts that encourage violence.
Before the site went down, Parler CEO John Matze accused Amazon and other tech giants of a “war on free speech.”
Google banned Parler’s smartphone app from its app store on Friday, also citing Parler’s allowance of posts that seek to incite violence in the United States.
Apple instituted its own Parler ban on Saturday.
The two-year-old Parler saw an increase in users in recent months as social media giants Facebook and Twitter stepped up enforcement of posts that violated their policies.
Both Facebook and Twitter suspended President Donald Trump’s accounts last week after…
PHILADELPHIA (CBS) — Users on the social media site Parler are waking up to find the alternative social network is completely offline. Amazon, which controls Parler’s web hosting services, pulled the plug at 3 a.m. after finding dozens of posts on the site that encouraged violence.
Parler advertises itself as a free speech social network and is popular with President Donald Trump’s supporters.
Visitors will now only see error messages.
Apple and Google had already removed the APPs from their platforms.
Parler’s CEO said the company is working to find an alternative host.
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