Jan 19, 2021 12:05:00

Elimination of Parler highlights Amazon's influence

The moderation-free SNS '

Parler ' has been suspended from web hosting by Amazon Web Services (AWS) for violating the terms of service, and Parler has developed a proceeding against Amazon . The suspension of services by Amazon has highlighted the strength of Amazon's influence, CNBC, a major American media outlet , points out.

How Parler deplatforming shows power of Amazon, cloud providers
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Following the invasion of Donald Trump supporters into the U.S. Capitol , Amazon announced that it will remove Parler from AWS's web hosting service from 23:59 local time on January 10, 2021. did.

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

In response to Amazon's decision, Parler argued that 'Amazon has cut off our relationship with us to prevent Parler from competing with Twitter,' and told the court that it would 'prevent AWS from shutting down Parler.' I am seeking.

SNS application 'Parler' where Trump supporters gather sues Amazon --GIGAZINE

In addition to Parler, there are other web services that have been discontinued by Amazon. For example, the information disclosure site '

WikiLeaks ' stored information on Amazon's host server when it was first released, but in 2010 the host service was stopped because it 'violated the terms of the server usage contract'. I am.

In addition, Zynga, a game company that relied on AWS for half of its traffic, said in a public offering prospectus in 2011, 'In our contract with AWS, AWS is unilaterally notified by notifying 180 days before the service outage. You can cancel the contract. In addition, in the event of a serious contract breach or default, you can cancel the contract by notifying 30 days in advance, 'he emphasized that Amazon can cancel the contract unilaterally. doing.

In addition, Gartner analyst Lydia Leon said, 'AWS enterprise contracts give you 30 days to go out of service, but customer contracts don't give you 30 days. and immediately you can stop the service 'in Amazon's discretion it says .

'I'm personally anti-cloud and anti-centralized, but I have to use AWS to withstand the sheer traffic,' Parler's chief technology officer Alexander Blair said in his post. I am. As a result, CNBC points out that Parler couldn't ignore the convenience of AWS, even though he was concerned about Amazon's outage.

According to CNBC, AWS is the world's largest infrastructure service, and millions of customers using AWS could be out of service, similar to Parler, if they don't follow Amazon's terms. That thing.

In addition, Parler CEO John Matz said, '

Parler may not be resurrected ,' but at the time of writing the article, it has been confirmed that it has been resurrected on the Internet.

SNS 'Parler' that was excluded from Apple, Google, Amazon and service stopped is revived --GIGAZINE