John Matze, CEO of social media company Parler, said Sunday, Jan. 10, that the company has been rejected by nearly all business alliances after Amazon, Apple and Google terminated their agreements with Parler, which could lead to Parler’s bankruptcy. U.S. Rep. Devin Nunes (R-Calif.) called on the U.S. Department of Justice to launch an extortion investigation into the high-tech giant that blocked Parler.
Martz made the remarks in an interview with Fox on Sunday. He said the high-tech giant’s ban could put Parler out of business and raise free speech issues. He called it “an attack on everyone.
These companies are joining forces at the same time to make us not only lose access to the App, but to shut down all of our servers and shut down the Internet,” said Martz. “What they’re trying to do is actually destroy the company. And it’s not just these three companies, but every provider from text messaging services to email providers to our lawyers have also abandoned us on the same day.”
In response, Nunes, a senior member of the House Intelligence Committee, said in a Sunday interview with Fox that Apple, Google and Amazon “clearly violated the Antitrust Act, the Civil Rights Act and the RICO Act (Racketeering and Corrupt Organizations Act).” He argued that the U.S. government should conduct a racketeering investigation of all the members who coordinated the attack and that “these people are attacking not just one company (Parler), but all people like us as well.
As an alternative to Twitter and Facebook, Parler is popular with many conservatives. And Apple, Google and Amazon have blocked Parler on the grounds that the platform has the potential to spread violent content. In response Maz said, “They’re trying to falsely claim that we were somehow responsible for the Jan. 6 seizure of the Capitol, and that’s not fair to Parler.”
Martz said, “This is a war against all of us. They want to maintain a monopoly on speech.” “This is a coordinated attack by the tech giants to kill 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.” He vowed to “take full legal action” against the high-tech giants who are suppressing Parler.
Nunes said that while Parler has said it is prepared to take legal action, authorities should also investigate the coordinated actions of the major tech companies this time around. The impact of this, he said, “is that because Amazon, Google and Apple just destroyed Parler, there is no longer a free and open social media company or website available to any American.” “This is ridiculous. I don’t know exactly where the DOJ is right now, or where the FBI is.”
Nunes believes the Justice Department should immediately pursue criminal charges against the CEOs of Amazon, Google and Apple. And he has been talking to members of Congress and researching applicable legal avenues. In addition, Nunes has called on the Supreme Court and federal judges to step in and intervene.
Federal Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) also told Fox on Sunday that the Internet censorship of technology companies such as Twitter, Facebook and Amazon shows that these companies have “monopoly power.
Rubio said, “It’s also an opportunity for the left to put pressure on social media companies to really stifle not just the president, but everybody.” “We now live in a country where four or five companies, unelected and unaccountable, have the monopoly to make decisions: ‘They want to wipe people off any digital platform.'”
Nine high-tech companies are already running platforms that have blacklisted President Trump or restricted access to his accounts.
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