Article 5CNGE Parler goes offline after Amazon drops it due to 'violent content'

Parler goes offline after Amazon drops it due to 'violent content'

by
Alex Hern UK technology editor
from Technology | The Guardian on (#5CNGE)

Amazon stops hosting social network, used as communication hub by US Capitol rioters

The free speech" social network Parler, popular with Donald Trump supporters, has been forced off the internet after Amazon pulled its hosting services.

The Twitter clone, which gained notoriety as a communication hub for the rioters who stormed the US Capitol on Wednesday, had already suffered a major hit to its reach over the weekend, as first Google and then Apple suspended its app from their stores.

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