A handful of Big Tech companies, including Amazon, Apple, and Google, moved to take down Parler in early January 2021, citing its role in enabling the attack.
The subpoena, handed over by Superior Court for the State of Washington King County in Parler’s lawsuit against Amazon Web Services, requests documents related to Twitter blocking former President Donald Trump from the platform, documents regarding Amazon hosting Parler and Twitter on its cloud services, and how Twitter responded to government subpoenas in 2021 relating to the 2020 election, the January 6 riot.
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“Parler will continue to fight against Big Tech companies like Amazon Web Services and Twitter that attempt to stifle innovation and free speech through anti-competitive practices,” George Farmer, CEO of Parler, said in a statement. “We will continue to stand against the culture and the mob mentality.”
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The documents Parler requested of Twitter aim to challenge what Parler calls an ongoing abuse of power and anti-competitive behavior by the Big Tech companies that damage individuals and businesses who don’t fit with their viewpoints.
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Parler was established in 2018 and billed itself as a platform that protects free speech. It has been popular with Conservatives and leaped to the most downloaded app on Apple’s app store in November after the presidential election and again in January after the Capitol riot.
“Parler is an unbiased social media focused on real user experiences and engagement. Our content is moderated based on the FCC and the Supreme Court of the United States, which enables free expression without violence and a lack of censorship. Parler never shares your personal data,” the platform’s description reads.
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It has since come under fire as crowds of more Conservatives and Trump supporters jumped to the app after Twitter banned Trump. “We are the closest thing to competition Facebook or Twitter has seen in many years. I believe Amazon, Google, Apple worked together to try and ensure they don’t have competition,” Parler CEO John Matze said Saturday evening.
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“What they are doing is unprecedented, unfounded, and absolutely disgusting. Shameful,” he continued. “This is a battle against all of us. Liberals, conservatives, atheists, Christians, black, white, etc. They want to keep their monopoly over speech. They want us to fight. They don’t want us working together. They don’t want us working with each other, they want us to hate one another.”
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