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Apple Suspends Parler From App Store, Amazon Kicks It Off Web-Hosting Service
The tech giant had reportedly given the service 24 hours to address its concerns.
Apple has suspended Parler, a conservative social media service, from its App Store, saying the app’s owner hasn’t done enough to deal with threats of violence on the platform. Meanwhile, Amazon dealt the service a potential death blow by kicking it off its web-hosting service, citing the same reason, BuzzFeed News reported.
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- Amazon's action means that if the service can't find another host, Parler will go offline Sunday.
- “Recently, we’ve seen a steady increase in this violent content on your website, all of which violates our terms. It’s clear that Parler does not have an effective process to comply with the AWS terms of service,” Amazon said to Parler in an email obtained by BuzzFeed.
- Apple struck much the same tone in a statement Saturday: “Parler has not taken adequate measures to address the proliferation of these threats to people’s safety.”
- Yesterday, BuzzFeed News reported Apple had written to Parler saying there had been complaints the platform had been used to plan and coordinate the attack on the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday.
- In response, Apple had given the service 24 hours to make sure its controls were in order, BuzzFeed News said. Parler reportedly submitted some changes but apparently Apple didn't think they went far enough.
- Apple said the suspension of Parler will last "until they resolve these issues."
- Google on Friday suspended Parler from its Google Play app store until it addresses a lack “robust moderation for egregious content.” Google said it took the action “in light of this ongoing and urgent public safety threat,” referring to Wednesday's attack.
See also: Donald Trump Banned From Twitter in Final Days of Presidency
UPDATE (Jan. 10, 03:05 UTC): Adds Amazon action.
Kevin Reynolds
Kevin Reynolds was the editor-in-chief at CoinDesk. Prior to joining the company in mid-2020, Reynolds spent 23 years at Bloomberg, where he won two CEO awards for moving the needle for the entire company and established himself as one of the world's leading experts in real-time financial news. In addition to having done almost every job in the newsroom, Reynolds built, scaled and ran products for every asset class, including First Word, a 250-person global news/analysis service for professional clients, as well as Bloomberg's Speed Desk and the training program that all Bloomberg News hires worldwide are required to take. He also turned around several other operations, including the company's flash headlines desk and was instrumental in the turnaround of Bloomberg's BGOV unit. He shares a patent for a content management system he helped design, is a Certified Scrum Master, and a veteran of the U.S. Marine Corps. He owns bitcoin, ether, polygon and solana.
