Social media platform Parler is still fighting big tech after getting booted off the Google Play and Apple App Stores following a deadly siege at the U.S. Capitol building on Jan 6.
CEO John Matze told Fox’s Mark Levin that Parler is trying to get its services back up and running. Matze said software developers are trying to access code repositories so they can access their development and testing environment.
“They shut off our ability to work and our ability to even access our own code and work on that,” Matz added. “You know, this is an indication to me that seems really strange if they believed that the social media itself was a problem, why do they shut off everything else too.”
Suspension was a “last resort” to block access to violent content, Amazon Web Services said in a response to the Parler lawsuit, “including plans for violence to disrupt the impending Presidential transition.”
Parler is seeking a temporary restraining order to keep Amazon Web Services from blackballing Parler. It claims AWS is violating the Sherman Antitrust Act in the filing, pointing out that AWS has an agreement with competitor Twitter.
