The senior political columnist for the Washington Examiner weighs in on Parler’s lawsuit against Amazon.
Amazon hit back at Parler on Tuesday after the alternative social media site filed a lawsuit against the corporate giant this week following the suspension of Amazon Web Services.
Parler entered its third day of offline use on Wednesday after Amazon Web Services cut off the startup platform from its cloud hosting service after the deadly riot at the US Capitol last week.
“This case is not about suppressing speech or stifling views. It’s not about a conspiracy to restrict trade,” Amazon Web Services said in a response to Parler’s lawsuit. ‘In this case, it’s about Parler’s reluctance and inability to remove content from Amazon Web Services’ servers (‘AWS’) that threatens public safety, such as inciting rape, torture and assassination of designated public officials. plan. and private citizens. ‘
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Amazon Web Services said Parler repeatedly said that the content on the website violated the agreement between the two companies. Suspension was a “last resort” to block access to violent content, AWS said, “including plans for violence to disrupt the impending presidential transition.”
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“There is no legal basis in AWS’s customer agreements or otherwise to compel AWS to offer content of this nature,” the reply reads.
Parler is seeking a temporary restriction to withhold Amazon Web Services from Parler. It is alleged that AWS violated the Sherman Antitrust Act in the filing and pointed out that AWS has an agreement with competitor Twitter.
This illustration photo shows the Parler social media application logo displayed on a smartphone with its website on July 2, 2020 in Arlington, Virginia. (Photo by OLIVIER DOULIERY / AFP via Getty Images) (OLIVIER DOULIERY / AFP via Getty Images)
AWS argued in the argument that a temporary restriction would limit its ability to respond to sites with violent content.
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The case comes as Google and Apple also took action against Parler in the wake of a pro-Trump riot at the US Capitol. Google suspended Parler from its app store on Friday for failing to moderate the “serious content” posted by users in connection with the violent siege last week.
AWS said they did not offer the Twitter feed and that they could not suspend access to Twitter’s content after the hashtag ‘#hangmikepence’ appeared on Twitter.
Parler also accused Amazon Web Services of breach of contract, and Amazon immediately dropped the accusation.
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“Despite Parler’s rhetoric, the lawsuit is nothing more than a merciless claim for breach of contract. But the facts are unequivocal: if there is any violation, it is Parler’s proof that he cannot identify and remove the content,” said Amazon Web Services in response.
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FOX Business’ Talia Kaplan, Audrey Conklin, James Leggate and Brittany De Lea contributed to this report.