Judge Barbara Rothstein handed down a sentence Thursday stating that Parler had failed to meet the legal requirements for a temporary restraining order or a preliminary measure.
This decision does not end the dispute, but it means the court will not force Amazon Web Services to allow Parler to return to its cloud hosting platform. The Amazon movement effectively drove Parler off the public network.
Parler, the far-right alternative social media platform, had sued AWS earlier this month after AWS claimed Parler did not do enough to remove instigation cases from its website.
Amazon previously said Parler’s lawsuit “has no merit” and argued in a legal writ that Parler had “demonstrated his unwillingness and inability to remove content from Amazon Web Services’ (AWS) servers.” ‘) which threatens public safety “.
Parler CEO John Matze said in a court hearing Monday that Parler does not have the resources to stay on his own servers. Parler tried to look for an alternative to AWS hosting from at least six different potential providers after it became apparent that Amazon would not work, but Parler was turned down, according to a lawsuit.
Parler’s website suddenly reappeared online Sunday afternoon with a message from Matze: “Hello world, is this up and running?” It is still unclear who may end up making the servers on which Parler’s social network will run.