San Francisco, Feb 16 (Ians) Conservative social media app Parler that was forced to go offline in the wake of encouraging violence during the Capitol chaos in the US, is now back online.
The company said on Monday that it is now accessible for users with existing accounts and will accept new signups starting next week.
Parler, that fired its CEO and co-founder John Matze, has announced a new interim CEO, Mark Meckler, who previously cofounded the right-wing group Tea Party Patriots.
The company said that its platform has now been relaunched with a "robust, sustainable, independent technology."
Amazon Web Services' (Aws) in January decided to shut down Parler.
Amazon had said it was "troubled" by repeated policy violations by Parler and it "cannot provide services to a customer that is unable to effectively identify and remove content that encourages or incites violence against others."
Google and Apple removed Parler from...
The company said on Monday that it is now accessible for users with existing accounts and will accept new signups starting next week.
Parler, that fired its CEO and co-founder John Matze, has announced a new interim CEO, Mark Meckler, who previously cofounded the right-wing group Tea Party Patriots.
The company said that its platform has now been relaunched with a "robust, sustainable, independent technology."
Amazon Web Services' (Aws) in January decided to shut down Parler.
Amazon had said it was "troubled" by repeated policy violations by Parler and it "cannot provide services to a customer that is unable to effectively identify and remove content that encourages or incites violence against others."
Google and Apple removed Parler from...
- 2/16/2021
- by IANS
- GlamSham
Parler, the conservative social media platform that went dark last month, said it’s back in business — or will be soon — with a new interim CEO, former Tea Party activist Mark Meckler, according to contradictory press reports.
The previous CEO, Jim Matze, was fired January 29 by the site that he founded with backing from Republican donor and majority owner Rebekah Mercer. He’d been trying to find a new host after Amazon Web Services kicked Parler off its platform following the attack on the U.S. Capitol and citing violent posts that violated the Aws terms of service.
Parler sued, asked for injunctive relief that a judge denied after a strong statement by Amazon detailing the backlog of violent and inappropriate posts that the site seemed unable or unwilling to stem. Parler said today its new platform is built on “sustainable, independent technology,” according to a statement cited by some reports,...
The previous CEO, Jim Matze, was fired January 29 by the site that he founded with backing from Republican donor and majority owner Rebekah Mercer. He’d been trying to find a new host after Amazon Web Services kicked Parler off its platform following the attack on the U.S. Capitol and citing violent posts that violated the Aws terms of service.
Parler sued, asked for injunctive relief that a judge denied after a strong statement by Amazon detailing the backlog of violent and inappropriate posts that the site seemed unable or unwilling to stem. Parler said today its new platform is built on “sustainable, independent technology,” according to a statement cited by some reports,...
- 2/15/2021
- by Jill Goldsmith
- Deadline Film + TV
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