Parler CEO John Matze said his controversial social media platform might never be online again after major service providers accused him of not policing violent content and uploaded it from their networks, according to a report.
Matze said in an interview with Reuters on Wednesday that he does not know when, or or, the new outfit will be back.
“It can never be. We do not know yet, ”he said, but later sounded a more optimistic note.
“It may take days, it may take weeks, but Parler will return and if we do, we will be stronger,” Parler told the news agency.
The chief executive on Tuesday called for efforts to silence his app as “sick” and “evil” and said the actions taken by technology companies against Parler were contrary to the spirit of the Constitution.
“I think it’s sick,” Matze told Fox News. “It simply came to our notice then. This is not what the Constitution stands for, which bans ten million American voters from the Internet and bans people from freedom of speech. ”
Parler’s users have not had access to the Twitter-like platform since Amazon Web Services launched the site from its servers early Monday.
Apple and Google also took Parler out of their app stores last week over the alleged failure to remove the threats of violence posted by users.
The two-year-old company – which was scrutinized after last week’s riots at the US Capitol – has filed a lawsuit accusing Amazon Web Services of breach of contract and violating antitrust laws over its decision to shut down the site. to offer more. .
In response, AWS said Parler had repeatedly warned about the violent posts of its users and that the company could not remove them immediately.
In his interview with Reuters, Matze said Parler speaks to more than one cloud computing service, but refuses to disclose names and mentions the likelihood that the companies involved will be harassed.
He said the best result would be if the app went to Amazon.com Inc. could return.
“It’s hard to keep track of how many people tell us we can no longer do business with them,” Matze said.
He said the app was also kicked out of the online payment service Stripe and lost its Scylla Enterprise database, as well as access to the Twilio and workplace messaging program Slack.
He also said it was started by American Express, but according to Reuters, the company said it did not have a direct dealer relationship with Parler.
ScyllaDB and Twilio said Parler violated their policy on violent content. Slack and Stripe did not immediately respond to a request for comment.