CEO of SNS 'Parler' excluded from many services commented that 'it may not be revived'

Parler , an SNS with a policy of 'protecting freedom of speech,' has become popular with President Trump's supporters and conspirators as an alternative to Twitter and Facebook, which are cracking down on radical remarks and fake news. It was. However, Parler has been removed from app stores and web hosting services following the Capitol raid , and Parler CEO John Matze said, 'Parler may never come back.' ..

Exclusive: Parler CEO says social media app, favored by Trump supporters, may not return | Reuters
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Parler May Never Get Back Online, CEO of Pro-Trump Social App Admits --Variety
https://variety.com/2021/digital/news/parler-may-never-get-back-online-1234884946/

Parler, which was opened in 2018, is an SNS that advocates 'free speech' and has publicly stated that the operator will not check or manage the posted content. Therefore, on Twitter and Facebook, it gained popularity from supporters of President Trump who are alerted to the posted content, and it is said that it was newly installed 8.1 million times in 2020.

However, following the attack on the Capitol on January 6, 2021, Parler's attention was paid to Parler, whose content related to the incident had been neglected. Apple claims that Parler was used to plan and promote the riot, after warning Parler that 'if you don't remove the offending content, you'll remove the app from the App Store within 24 hours.' Removed Parler from the App Store. The Android version was also removed from Google Play before it was removed from the App Store.

Apple removes moderation-free SNS app 'Parler' from App Store --GIGAZINE

Since then, the movement to eliminate Parler by major IT companies has accelerated, and the web hosting service Amazon Web Services (AWS) has also eliminated Parler. Matze said he was forced to rebuild the service and Parler would be offline for up to a week.

Amazon also eliminates 'Parler' from its web hosting service, and IT giants are moving to eliminate Parler --GIGAZINE

In an interview with Matze on January 13, local time, Reuters talked about plans to flag violent content and sued Amazon, and how to quickly revive Parler. Claims to be seeking. But when Parler came back, he commented, 'It may not come back. We don't know.'

Parler CEO says social media app may not return --YouTube


Not only was Matze locked out of Apple, Google, and Amazon, but Scylla Enterprise , the high-speed, high-performance database that underpinned Parler's system, was no longer available, as well as payment service Stripe and credit card American Express . Transactions have also been suspended, and it is said that it is not possible to earn advertising revenue.

Also, Twilio , which supports making and receiving calls and sending and receiving SMS, and Slack , a communication tool, will no longer be available, making it difficult to even contact members. Parler's exclusion is so widespread that 'it's hard to count the people who have told us they can't trade anymore,' Matze said.

In response to a Reuters inquiry, Scylla claimed to support freedom of speech, but commented, 'It is impossible and unacceptable to incite violence using our technology.' Twilio explained that Parler violates our Terms of Service and will stop using it unless we remove content that calls for violence. Other vendors have not responded to Reuters inquiries at the time of writing the article.

In addition, the exclusion of Parler by a large company is an example showing that 'a private company with dominant power can exclude a company that can be a competitor', and raises the issue of antitrust law. Nevertheless, it has been pointed out that lawmakers pursuing antitrust laws such as Google, Amazon, and Apple have not touched on this point.

The contradiction that politicians do not blame the exclusion of SNS 'Parler' to represent the monopoly of Google, Amazon, Apple --GIGAZINE