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NHvet

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Tue Jan 12, 2021, 05:43 PM Jan 2021

Parlar suing Amazon [View all]

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Source: The Hill

Social media company Parler sued Amazon on Monday, alleging that its suspension from Amazon's hosting service violated antitrust law and breached the companies' contractual arrangement.

In its lawsuit, Parler, which is especially popular among conservatives, asked a federal judge to order that the platform be reinstated online.

The 18-page complaint, filed in U.S. District Court in Seattle, where Amazon is headquartered, accuses Amazon Web Services (AWS) of applying a politically motivated double standard to Parler in contrast to its treatment of the more mainstream social media giant Twitter.

Read more: https://thehill.com/policy/technology/533644-parler-sues-amazon-asks-court-to-reinstate-platform



Seems this will probably not go anywhere seeing as Parlar violated Amazons terms of service.
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