(Article by Kayla Sargent republished from NewsBusters.org)
Parler and Rumble have filed suit against Amazon and Google respectively, in an apparent effort to fight Big Tech censorship.
Apple and Google purged Parler from their app stores, then Amazon took things a step further. It totally removed the app from its servers. Parler decided to return fire against Amazon, and in a lawsuit filed on Jan. 11, accused Amazon Web Services Inc (AWS) of “violating Section 1 of the Sherman Antitrust Act” and “breaching [its] contract with Parler.”
Parler alleged in its complaint that AWS may have terminated its agreement with the platform out of bias. The complaint said:
Video platform Rumble has filed a lawsuit against Google alleging that the tech giant is "unfairly rigging its search algorithm" in favor of YouTube videos in its search results.
12 January 2021, 3:07 am EST By
The rise of free-speech social media has gained popularity since Facebook and Twitter have begun filtering user s posts due to election misinformation. You may have heard about Parler, a famous free-speech app among conservatives, that has gained popularity as a free-speech social media app.
(Photo : Screenshot: Youtube video by Rumble)
Recently, Rumble, a YouTube rival, according to Fortune has also suddenly peaked in fame. Users have downloaded the app for about 162,000 times, which makes it a 10-fold rise since just last weekend. More and more users have switched from traditional platforms to using apps like Rumble. What has made it so popular?
Business Insider
The Canadian video-sharing platform Rumble is suing Google over claims the tech giant is unfairly rigging its search algorithm to preference YouTube videos in its search results.
Rumble is a direct rival to YouTube that has become popular with conservative US figures who say they are being censored by established tech platforms.
The lawsuit indicates that Google and other major tech players may face antitrust headaches from smaller, conservative-friendly rivals.
Rumble s lawsuit accuses the tech giant of willfully and unlawfully created and maintained a monopoly in the online video-sharing platform market.
The video-sharing site Rumble has accused Google of unfairly rigging its search algorithm to favor YouTube s videos in search results, marking the tech giant s latest in a series of antitrust headaches.
11 January 2021, 12:50 am EST By
The rise of free-speech apps has gained traction in social media now. Various platforms such as Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram have employed stringent measures to ensure their users are observing community guidelines. On the contrary, unbiased, free speech apps like Parler are more lenient in their speech rules.
(Photo : Screenshot: Youtube video by Sky News Australia on Twitter)
What is Parler Social Media?
Parler is a social media app founded in 2018. Parler, which means to speak in French allows users to interact in a platform that promotes free speech and participation. According to Parler, Users can be responsible to engage content as they see fit. We are not regulators. We are not governors. We are a community. The app was founded with the intention of removing ideological censorship and privacy abuse by big social media platforms.