Amazon is urging a judge to keep the social media platform Parler offline, citing a series of death threats against executives and high-tech officials posted on the site ahead of last week’s deadly Capitol riot, according to a court that presented this Tuesday.
Parler sued Amazon on Monday alleging that Amazon Web Services (AWS) violated antitrust law and breached the companies ’contractual agreement when the tech giant withdrew the popular platform among conservatives because of its practical approach to moderation. of the content.
Amazon’s lawyers defended the company’s move Tuesday, saying Parler demonstrated a “lack of will and inability” to remove content that “threatens public safety, such as inciting and planning rape, torture and harassment.” ‘murder of public officials and private citizens.’
The court file went on to say that Amazon He “repeatedly” notified Parler that its content violated the agreement of the parties and requested removal, “only to determine that Parler was unwilling and unable to do so.”
Amazon said Parler’s suspension was “the last resort to prevent greater access to this content,” including plans for violence around the president-elect Joe Biden
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Parler saw an increase in popularity after the November 3 presidential election, with misinformation spread widely across the platform. The application experienced a further increase after the riot at the Capitol, with about 825,000 installations from Apple and Google stores between January 6 and 10, an increase of more than 1,000% over the same period last week , according to data from SensorTower.
Amazon lawyers said the company has notified Parler’s policy maker of more than 100 content advocating violence on the platform since mid-November.
Examples mentioned in the court filing included death threats, usually addressed to Democratic technical executives and lawmakers, as well as publications appointing Democrats as president. Nancy Pelosi
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Other posts were directed at Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg
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A Parler spokesman was not immediately available for comment.
Following last week’s deadly riots at the Capitol, technology companies have taken steps to remove and restrict content that could incite more violence.
Trump supporters and right-wing extremists used platforms like Parler, as well as some major social media sites, to organize before the mob’s attack on the Capitol. In some marginal places, extremists post potentially violent demonstrations for this weekend and the day of the inauguration.
Major social media sites have also taken steps to limit Trump’s presence on their platforms. Facebook banned Trump indefinitely at least until Biden took office, and Twitter permanently banned the president’s account. YouTube said it would temporarily suspend the president because of the “potential for permanent violence.”