Parler CEO John Matze expects his controversial social network to go back online soon, despite Amazon launching the app from its servers.
“I’m confident we’ll be back by the end of the month,” Matze told Fox News Sunday night.
“It changes a lot every day, but I feel confident now,” he added. “We are making significant progress.”
Matze’s outlook for Parler’s future has improved since last week, when he said in a federal court that his company faced the “prospect of permanent destruction” after Amazon Web Services forced it to go dark.
AWS cut off Parler’s server access last Monday over concerns about the fledgling company’s failure to monitor the graphic threats of violence its users posted before and after the Capitol riots on Jan. 6.
But Parler got his website back online on Sunday after appearing to be moving his domain name to Epik, a web company that has sparked controversy over hosting extremist content. Parler posted a message on the site, promising the app’s “lovers and haters” that it would be back soon.
In addition, Matze told Fox that on Friday Parler was able to recover his data from Amazon, which he called an important step toward reconstruction.
“Despite all this, not even an employee has stopped,” Matze told Fox. “None, even now they are being harassed and threatened, no one has stopped … we have such a strong team, this has only made them believe in us more.”
Parler has filed a federal lawsuit against Amazon Web Services, accusing the tech giant of forcing the app offline due to “ political hostility. ”
Amazon’s move – which followed Apple and Google’s decisions to stop downloading Parler’s mobile app – led to other technology giants like Slack and Stripe dropping Parler as customers, further hampering operations, Matze said.
Amazon did not immediately respond to a request for comment on Monday.