Even before Amazon booted Parler off its Web service, Apple and Google had banned it from their respective app stores. Credit: Jaap Arriens/NurPhoto via Getty Images
Judge Refuses To Reinstate Parler After Amazon Shut It Down By
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A federal judge has refused to restore the social media site Parler after Amazon kicked the company off of its Web-hosting services over content seen as inciting violence.
Updated at 5:50 p.m. ET
The decision is a blow to Parler, an upstart that has won over Trump loyalists for its relatively hands-off approach to moderating content. The company sued Amazon over its ban, demanding reinstatement.
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A Seattle court rejected Parler s legal effort to force Amazon to bring it back online
A Seattle court rejected Parler s legal effort to force Amazon to bring it back online
Allana AkhtarJan 22, 2021, 03:18 IST
Parler faces an uncertain future.Jaap Arriens/NurPhoto via Getty Images
A Seattle court rejected
Amazon to bring the network back online.
Judge Barbara Rothstein said Parler failed to demonstrate how the injunction would benefit public interest.
Amazon Web Services removed Parler on January 11 for violating its terms of service.
The US District Court in Seattle rejected social network Parler s effort to get back on Amazon s web hosting platform.
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