Parler launched in 2018 as a freewheeling social media site for users tired of the rules on Facebook and Twitter, and it quickly won over fans of President Trump supporters. It was dark on Monday, hit by a backlash over his more tolerant approach.
Amazon.com Inc. Abruptly ended the company’s web hosting services, halting operations, prompting Parler to sue Amazon in federal court in Seattle. Other technical partners also performed, crippling operations.
The driving force behind the decision was last week’s mafia attack on the Capitol. On the afternoon of the riot, Amazon warned Parler executives that it had received reports that the social media platform is hosting “inappropriate” content, and that Parler had 24 hours to address this.
“We are handling this type of content appropriately and have been actively working with law enforcement for weeks now,” Amy Peikoff, Parler’s chief of policy, told Amazon a few hours later in an email reviewed by The Wall Street Journal.
Amazon wrote back on Thursday, “Consider it resolved.” The email gave Parler executives confidence that their moderation system, however tense, was acceptable to the tech partner.