January 11, 2021 (LifeSiteNews) –Parler, a social media alternative to Twitter, has sued Amazon after the platform was blacklisted from Amazon Web Services (AWS) on Sunday.
Employee activists had pushed Amazon to “deny Parler services until it removes posts inciting violence, including at the Presidential inauguration” and effectively blamed Parler for violence at last week’s U.S. Capitol protest.
In a letter to Parler, Amazon claimed that the platform experienced “a steady increase in … violent content on your website, all of which violates our terms.” “You remove some [content] when contacted by us or others, but not always with urgency,” the letter reads.
Amazon also hosts Twitter, which allows a wide range of anti-Trump, anti-Semitic, and other violent messaging. Twitter, like Facebook, was used to organize the protest at the U.S. Capitol last Wednesday, as well.
“AWS’s decision to effectively terminate Parler’s account is apparently motivated by political animus,” the complaint filed by Parler in the U.S. District Court of Seattle states.
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