{"id":48429,"date":"2021-01-18T09:33:31","date_gmt":"2021-01-18T13:33:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=48429"},"modified":"2021-01-18T09:33:31","modified_gmt":"2021-01-18T13:33:31","slug":"conservative-posters-parler-is-back","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=48429","title":{"rendered":"Conservative Posters: PARLER is back!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Parler Back From The Dead As CEO Posts New Message<\/strong><\/h1>\n

by Jack Phillips
\nThe Epoch Times<\/p>\n

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Parler<\/a>\u2019s website suddenly appeared online Sunday with a message from its CEO, John Matze, who said,\u00a0\u201cHello world, is this thing on?\u201d<\/p>\n

The message suggests Parler was able to find another hosting service, coming about a week after Amazon Web Services booted the social media website from its services, taking the site down. It came as Parler\u2014billed as a \u201cfree speech\u201d platform\u2014was seeing an unprecedented surge in users as prominent conservatives, among others, were being banned from\u00a0Twitter<\/a>, Facebook, and other platforms.<\/p>\n

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Matze also issued a temporary status update.<\/p>\n

\u201cNow seems like the right time to remind you all\u2014both lovers and haters\u2014why we started this platform<\/strong>,\u201d Matze. \u201cWe believe privacy is paramount and free speech essential, especially on social media. Our aim has always been to provide a nonpartisan public square where individuals can enjoy and exercise their rights to both.\u00a0We will resolve any challenge before us and plan to welcome all of you back soon. We will not let civil discourse perish!<\/strong>\u201d<\/p>\n

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A screenshot of Parler.com on Jan. 16, 2020. (Screenshot\/Parler)<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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Amazon Web Services\u2019 rationale behind jettisoning Parler was due to a lack of moderation and came in the backdrop of the Jan. 6 U.S. Capitol riots. Parler, in a court filing, citing text messages between Matze and an Amazon representative, claimed Amazon was primarily concerned with whether President Donald Trump would migrate to Parler after his Twitter account was banned last week.<\/p>\n

The same filing asserted that Amazon didn\u2019t appear to care much about alleged violent threats that were made by Parler users.<\/p>\n

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Last week, Parler asked a federal court in Washington state to block Amazon\u2019s decision, while maintaining that Amazon engaged in monopolistic practices by booting the platform. Twitter is also a major client of Amazon Web Services.<\/p>\n

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This illustration picture shows the social media website from Parler displayed on a computer screen in Arlington, Va., on July 2, 2020. (Olivier Douliery\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

According to a WHOIS search, Parler appears to be hosted by Epik<\/strong>, which also hosts social media website Gab.<\/p>\n

While it did not confirm Parler was seeking its services, Epik in a\u00a0statement<\/a>\u00a0last week blasted Big Tech companies\u2019 \u201ckneejerk reaction\u201d\u00a0of \u201csimply deplatforming and terminating any relationship that on the surface looks problematic or controversial.\u201d The statement noted that Epik is \u201cnot quick to abandon our administrative positions,\u201d as it attempted to contrast it and Amazon.<\/p>\n

Other than Amazon\u2019s decision, Google and Apple removed Parler from its respective app stores.<\/p>\n

Earlier on Sunday, Matze said there was no indication Amazon, Google, and Apple would pull their services.<\/p>\n

In the days up to the suspension, \u201cAmazon, as usual, [was] basically saying, \u2018Oh, I never saw any material problems. There\u2019s no issues.\u2019 You know, they played it off very nonchalantly. And so we had still even, you know, on the 8th and the 9th, you know, we had no real indication that this was, you know, deadly serious,\u201d Matze\u00a0told<\/a>\u00a0Fox News.<\/p>\n

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