Parler CEO and family in hiding, says court filing after Amazon suspends services

An alternative social media platform favoured by US conservatives, Parler’s legal team in a court filing on January 15 disclosed that its CEO John Matze and his family are w in hiding after receiving death threats and security breaches. As per news ncy ANI report, filing re that Matze h to leave his home after platform, popular among Donald Trump supporters, faced backlash after US Capitol attack on January 6 (local time). As per reports, application was widely used among rotors to share real-time ims, videos of siege while coordinating entire incident that killed at least five people. 

"Matze himself, as CEO of company Amazon Web Services (AWS) continues to vilify, has h to leave his home and go into hiding with his family after receiving death threats and invasive personal security breaches," re court filing.

This came after Parler h launched an antitrust lawsuit against Amazon after tech giant suspended its services in wake of US Capitol siege. Amazon h even filed a response to lawsuit, claiming that it h “ legal basis” and even alleged that its employees have been facing threats and harassment. filing from lawyers representing Parler, obtained by US media outlets dressed claims me by Amazon but ted that Jeff Bezos-run company is t on receiving end of threats.

"Although AWS's motion to seal focuses only on its own employees, Parler's employees have been similarly harassed and threatened... Parler's CEO, John Matze, Jr., reports in his declaration in support of Parler's TRO motion that many Parler employees are suffering harassment and hostility, fear for ir safety and that of ir families, and in some cases have fled ir home state to escape persecution," filing re.

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Amid legal fury, an ethical hacker from Austria recently took to Twitter to share “unprocessed raw files” as uploed to Parler including metata that reveals information such as megapixels, aver bitrate, GPS latitude and longitude of suspected insurrectionists who may have been involved in January 6 Capitol Hill attack that took nation by shock. rioters or pro-Trump protesters who stormed federal building may have unkwingly shared ir GPS coordinates while posting videos on social networking platform Parler, which is mostly used by far-right supporters. data could furr be utilised to identify rioters who may have been involved in breaching of security at US Congress building. 

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Im: AP