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Parler CEO warns of long outage after backlash over riots
The chief executive officer of Parler warned the social media app is likely to be shut down for longer than originally anticipated, after Amazon.com Inc, Google and others withdrew their support in the wake of rioting at the US Capitol last week.
CEO John Matze said the company has sought alternatives after it was notified by Amazon the e-commerce giant would terminate its cloud computing support at midnight Sunday. But it hasn’t been able to find other suppliers willing to step in because of the negative publicity stemming from the violence, organised in part on platforms such as Parler.
“We will likely be down longer than expected,” Matze wrote in a post on his network. “This is not due to software restrictions - we have our software and everyone’s data ready to go. Rather it’s that Amazon’s, Google’s and Apple’s statements to the press about dropping our access has caused most of our other vendors to drop their support for us as well. And most people with enough servers to host us have shut their doors to us. We will update everyone and update the press when we are back online.”
In the wake of last week’s riots, Twitter Inc and Facebook Inc banished President Donald Trump, as well as users and groups supporting the violence. That led to a surge in downloads for the less restrictive Parler service, in part because of encouragement from Republican lawmakers and media figures.
But Google and Apple Inc banned the service from their mobile app stores, blocking Android and iPhone users from downloading it from their outlets. Matze insisted he would not cave in to “politically motivated companies and those authoritarians who hate free speech!”
In his latest post, Matze vowed he wouldn’t move to another social media site.
“Parler is my final stand on the Internet,” he wrote. “I won’t be making an account on any social. Parler is my home.”
- Bloomberg
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big tech is too big to stop, they stomp trump like stomping cockroaches.
Nothing anyone can do about it. That is the natural order of things.
2021-01-11 20:07
Big tech can be shutdown if nations decide to pull the plug and revert to old ways.
Yeah, the people must be ready to accept CHANGE as they did when adopting TECH.
Nations, just need to deny tech setup in the country.
2021-01-11 21:58
icecool big tech is too big to stop, they stomp trump like stomping cockroaches.
Nothing anyone can do about it. That is the natural order of things.
You are right, the biggest lie is to make people think that the common man is powerless. Really?
Not if more and more are awaken at these times of turmoil and misinformation, hence the desperate moves by the big guys. Many objective layers are being played out in the world stage but are not known by most. These are the layers that may hint at something!
Remember the spirit cultivated by fictional Chinese movie character Chen Zhen to rally his allies and fight against the Japanese invasion? This same spirit can be seen in the independence social site Gab.com, where hundreds of thousands new users are created in just one day! Even if the battle is lost, the war is not. The gods are watching!
2021-01-11 23:45
Tobby! That is one of the many possible scenarios that may panned out in the future! But the future is not set in stone yet! The scenario above need time to materialize, but before that, I believe many would be awaken by then!
There is still you and me, don't give in to these hopeless thoughts especially now with MCO 2.0! Believe in positive synchronicity, where good things in life happens when you least expect it! The solution is always within us, as it should always has been!
2021-01-12 00:06
For every Twitter there’s a Gab and Parler (was; hope their mess will be sorted). For every Google there’s a DuckDuckGo. For every Darkness, there is always a Light. Else all would be lost already!
2021-01-12 00:19
Tobby, don't think to go off the grid and be a hermit haha! Technology is just a tool and should be paired with spirit and not forsaken! Gone are the days when hermits live out in the nature while the rest of the world spins! There is also a possible scenario where science, magic and spirit cohabited in a future technological advanced world like how Atlantis were supposed to be!
2021-01-12 00:28
Tobby sting! Yeah, but the awaken ones are too insignificant! But i think this is one step of thousands to come!
Tobby, please do not think that you and me are insignificant, like how they would want us to think! You can still make your little corner in the world a better place! And now we have the INTERNET hence the explosion of many awakening, that's how I was synchronically-awaken anyway!
2021-01-12 00:35
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