Parler CEO Says Service Dropped By “Every Vendor” And Could End His Business

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Parler CEO John Matze said today that his social media company has been dropped by virtually all of its business alliances after Amazon, Apple and Google ended their agreements with the social media service.

“Every vendor from text message services to email providers to our lawyers all ditched us too on the same day,” Matze said today on Fox News.

Matze conceded that the bans could put the company out of business while raising free speech issues, calling it “an assault on everybody.”

“They all work together to make sure at the same time we would lose access to not only our apps, but they’re actually shutting all of our servers off tonight, off the internet,” Matze said. “They made an attempt to not only kill the app, but to actually destroy the entire company. And it’s not just these three companies. Every vendor from text message services to email providers to our lawyers all ditched us too on the same day.”

The remarks come a day after Amazon dropped Parler from its servers, joining Apple and Google. They all cited the potential of spreading violent content on the site, which is favored by conservatives as an alternative to Twitter and Facebook.

Matze said that the services are unfairly targeting Parler. “They’re trying to falsely claim that we’re somehow responsible for the events that occurred on the 6th,” he said, the date of the Capitol building takeover by protesters.

“It would put anybody out of business,” he said of the tech bans. “This thing could destroy anybody.”

He added: “We’re going to try our best to get back online as quickly as possible. But we’re having a lot of trouble because every vendor we talk to says they won’t work with us. Because if Apple doesn’t approve and Google doesn’t approve, they won’t.”

800oz_gorilla on January 11st, 2021 at 06:12 UTC »

So a company that collects a massive amount of personal information on US conservatives is now searching for a hosting service outside the usa... what could go wrong?

Cakelord on January 11st, 2021 at 02:09 UTC »

Looks like they'll have to pull themselves up by the bootstraps and create their own infrastructure.

RaynOfFyre1 on January 10th, 2021 at 22:06 UTC »

I hear Trump is a billionaire and is looking for his own platform. Maybe he can share some of those schmeckles.