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In a speech to the conservative website, Amazon states that it “has recently noticed a persistent increase in violent posts.”
“Given the unfortunate events that have taken place in Washington this week, there is a serious risk that these publications will incite further violence,” says BuzzFeed and later confirmed by Amazon.
Parler has become a haven for some netizens who are upset by the policy of moderating major social networks such as Twitter, which permanently closed Donald Trump’s account on Friday.
Therefore, Amazon decided to suspend Parler’s account from Monday, at 08.00 GMT.
Since the group hosts Parler’s data on its cloud service, the decision should at least temporarily prevent the social network from operating.
John Matze Attacks IT Giants: “Coordinated Effort”
Parler founder John Matze confirmed in his profile that “the social network may not be accessible on the Internet for a week.”
“We will do our best to find a new supplier quickly,” he added.
Google and Apple have already removed Parler from their app download platforms.
To justify Friday’s decision, Google also invoked the presence of messages inciting violence.
Apple followed suit Saturday, expressing regret at the “proliferation” of “threats of violence.”
“Amazon, Google and Apple have done all of this in a coordinated effort knowing that our options will be limited and that they will cause us the most harm possible when President Trump is banned by tech companies,” Parler said.
On Saturday, his app was the most downloaded on the App Store before it was suspended.
Many fans of the US president have turned to conservative platforms such as Parler or Gab after Twitter’s decision to permanently close Donald Trump’s account.
Other major social networks like Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat, and Twitch also suspended Trump’s profile after Wednesday’s events.
Parler was, especially in its beginnings, in 2018, the prerogative of the extremist wings. But the network has attracted more traditional conservative voices, including Republican lawmakers.
Like other alternative platforms, Parler regulates less misinformation and hate speech.
What a disinformation expert says about John Matze and Parler
Dave Troy, an expert in disinformation, published in mid-November some data about John Matze and the launch of the social network Parler.
According to him, John Matze is married to Alina Mukhutdinova, originally from Kazan, Russia. The two met in 2016 in Las Vegas, while she was on vacation in the United States.
The two decided to get married and traveled to Russia in November 2017, where they got married on December 2 in Kazan, Tatarstan.
Dave Troy also wrote on Twitter that John and Alina traveled extensively in Russia and Europe between December 2017 and July 2018. The two then returned to Las Vegas, where Matze launched Parler with Jared Thomson in August 2018.
If between August and December the platform did not have too many users, a tweet published at the end of 2018 by the conservative activist Candace Owens attracted 40,000 users to the social network. Cassandra Fairbanks, who was a reporter for the Russian propaganda agency Sputnik, also made a contribution to the advancement of the network at the time.
Not much is known about Parler’s financiers, either. Parler LLC is owned by John Matze and NDMASCENDANT LLC, a Delaware company of which virtually nothing is known. Delaware is considered by many to be a true tax haven.
The WSJ stated, citing sources close to it, that Rebekah Mercer, the daughter of investor Robert Mercer (Cambridge Analytica), is among Parler’s top financial backers.
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