Amazon will shut down Parler’s servers on Sunday, the CEO of Parler said Saturday night (Jan. 9), after Google and Apple took down Parler, a social media App popular with Trump supporters, from their respective app stores.
In an early statement, Parler CEO John Matze said, “At midnight on Sunday (Jan. 10), Amazon will shut down all of our servers in an attempt to completely eliminate free speech from the Internet. We are starting the rebuilding process from scratch, and there is a possibility that Parler will be unavailable on the Internet for up to a week. We prepared for such a scenario by no longer relying on Amazon’s proprietary infrastructure and building a bare metal product.
“We will now do our best to move to a new provider, there are many providers competing to take our business, but Amazon, Google and Apple are doing it on purpose; it’s a coordinated effort on their part and they believe that our options will be limited and also that it will cause the most damage because President Trump (Trump) is banned from speaking out on the tech company’s platform.
“This is a coordinated attack by the tech giants to stifle competition in the marketplace. (Because) we’re succeeding too quickly. You can expect the war on competition and free speech to continue, but don’t think we’re out of the game.”
On Saturday night (Jan. 9), Apple removed the app Parler, which was popular with Trump supporters, from its iPhone App Store.
The app was also known as a “free speech” social media platform. Parler was the No. 1 downloaded free app in the Apple App Store on Saturday after Google removed it from its Android app store, Google Play, on Friday.
“We have always supported the representation of diverse viewpoints in the App Store, but there are no threats of violence or illegal activity on our platform,” an Apple representative said in a statement.
” Parler has not done enough to address these threats that are causing people to be safe. Until they address these issues, we have deactivated Parler from the App Store.”
Fox News reports that Sean Davis, co-founder of conservative media outlet The Federalist, tweeted Friday that Apple had asked Parler to participate in a “censorship policy” or face a takedown, two sources said.
“We are a community town square, an open town square, without censorship,” Parler CEO John Martz said in June 2020.
“What you can say on the streets of New York, you can say on Parler.” Martz said.
Parler can still be accessed through a Web browser, which Apple has previously pointed to as a way to attract iPhone users without Apple’s approval.
John Matze’s (John Matze) latest statement, released on the evening of the 9th, includes suggestions on how users can help Parler.
1) Tuesday can return to Parler.com or use the side-loaded android version or use the installed version of Parler.
2) Check email and spam for messages from Parler
3) Call, write and email congressmen and senators from both parties and expose this anti-competitive behavior.
4) Don’t leave angry messages, but do complain politely to Amazon, Google, and Apple via email and phone.
He said optimistically, “We should be up and running again in less than 12 hours after Amazon abruptly cancelled (Parler’s) access.”
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