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March 5, 2021 (LifeSiteNews) – In January, Parler sued Amazon after it was removed from being hosted on Amazon Web Services (AWS) following the January 6 U.S. Capitol disturbances, forcing the alterative social media platform offline. Parler then dropped the original lawsuit over its suspension on Tuesday before filing a new one in a Washington state court the same day, accusing Amazon of numerous contractual violations as well as anti-competitive behavior.
The lawsuit claims that, in withdrawing its services, Amazon attempted to “destroy an up-and-coming technology company through deceptive, defamatory, anti-competitive, and bad faith conduct.” Parler was down for a month before being able to negotiate a hosting contract with a private, Los Angeles-based firm, SkySilk, which said it is providing cloud infrastructure to the company.
“When companies are this big, it’s easy to be a bully,” the lawsuit said. “Many start-up companies that have appeared to be a threat to Amazon and (Amazon Web Services) have felt their wrath. Plaintiff Parler LLC is merely the latest casualty.”
A spokesman for AWS denied any political bias, saying there
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