Parler sues Amazon after latter suspended its services for inciting US Capitol violence

right-wing inclined social network Parler has sued Amazon on Monday after tech giant kicked it off its web-hosting service over ties to last week’s siege on United States Capitol and interference with company's business relationships with users. This came as third blow to social networking app after Google and Apple banned it from ir respective app stores for “inciting ongoing violence in U.S.”

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Parler is popular among supporters of US President Donald Trump

Parler is a social network founded as a less moderated and more conservative-friendly alternative to Facebook and Twitter. US microblogging site has a user base of conservatives, conspiracy orists, and right-wing extremists. Launched in 2018, app also has proved particularly popular among supporters of US President Donald Trump. 

lawsuit filed by social network re, "Without Amazon Web Services (AWS), Parler is finished as it has way to get online... And a delay of granting this TRO by even one day could also sound Parler's death knell as President Trump and ors move on to or platforms."

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Parler’s lawsuit in a federal court me  argument that Amazon violated antitrust laws to harm Parler and help Twitter. It also alleged that Amazon breached its contract by t giving 30 days of tice before terminating Parler’s account. Amazon and Parler did t return requests for comment about dispute on Monday.

Amazon h earlier said, "We've seen a stey increase in violent content on your website, all of which violates our terms... It's clear that Parler does t have an effective process to comply with AWS terms of service."

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Parler CEO John Matze decried punishments as “a coordinated attack by tech giants to kill competition in marketplace.”

This comes after Twitter permanently suspended Trump’s account over risk of ‘incitement of violence’. Twitter said that after assessing tweets in context of a violent storming of Capitol on Wednesday, it determined that Trump’s tweets violated firm’s ‘Glorification of Violence’ policy and constituted immediate removal from platform. 

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