(AP) Though stripped of his Twitter megaphone, President Donald Trump does have alternative options of much smaller reach.
They are led by the far right-friendly Parler, though that’s getting increasingly difficult. Parler has already had its wings clipped, however. Google and Apple have removed it from their online stores and Amazon has kicked it off its web-hosting service.
Free speech experts anticipate growing pressure on all social media platforms to curb incendiary speech as Americans learn from Wednesday’s violent takeover of the U.S. Capitol by a Trump-incited mob.
In a dunning crackdown on Parler, Amazon is jettisoning the right-wing social network from its web-hosting service, Buzzfeed News reported late Saturday. That means Parler, a favorite of extremist Donald Trump supporters, will be off the internet as of midnight Sunday unless — or until — it can find another host. Amazon took the action because of Parler’s lack of restrictions over users’ calls for violence, which violate the company’s terms of service, in the wake of the lethal attack on the Capitol Wednesday that left five people dead, including a police officer. Parler has most recently been swamped with messages encouraging “Patriots” to march on Washington D.C. with weapons on Jan. 19, Buzzfeed reported. “We’ve seen a steady increase in this violent content on…
Evening Standard Mesut Ozil has added fuel to the fire he could leave Arsenal for Fenerbahce by revealing he supported the club as a child and dubbing them Turkey’s version of Real Madrid. The German is into the final six months of his £350,000-a-week contract, but could leave Arsenal this month. MLS side DC United and Fenerbahce are interested in Ozil, who is yet to make a final decision over his future.
A ransomware attack has forced Managed.com, a well-known provider of managed web-hosting services, to take down all its servers. The incident happened on Monday, November 16, and impacted public web-hosting systems. As a result, some customer sites were encrypted and no longer accessible. At first, the company said the attack only affected a limited number of customers, adding that it immediately took them offline. But hours later, Managed.com revealed it shut down its entire infrastructure and is working hard to fix the issue and restore all systems. The web-hosting service initially labeled the attack as unscheduled maintenance. But it later admitted it was, in fact, a cyberattack as the tech support team sent emails to the affected and angry customers. The services that went down…
In Major Blow, Amazon’s Web-Hosting Service Booting Right-Wing Parler Off The Internet
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Apple Suspends Parler From App Store, Amazon Kicks It Off Web-Hosting Service – Yahoo Eurosport UK
Mesut Ozil drops hint over Arsenal future by confessing love for Fenerbahce
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Web-hosting service Managed.com shuts down servers following cyberattack
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