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Parler CEO confirms that Amazon will suspend Parler's AWS account on Jan. 10 at 11:59PM PST, says Parler may be unavailable on the internet for up to a week — Amazon notified Parler that it would be cutting off the social network favored by conservatives and extremists …
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| New York Times: |
Apple has suspended Parler from the App Store, saying Parler “has not taken adequate measures” to address threats to people's safety on its platform — The companies pulled support for the “free speech” social network, all but killing the service just as many conservatives are seeking alternatives to Facebook and Twitter.| Jonathan Shieber / TechCrunch: |
Parler becomes the number one app on Apple's App Store in the US; Gab claims it is seeing 10,000+ new users sign up every hour — Users are surging on small, conservative, social media platforms after President Donald Trump's ban from the world's largest social networks …
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| Annie Palmer / CNBC: |
A group of Amazon staffers, Amazon Employees for Climate Justice, calls on the company to stop providing AWS services to Parler — - A group of Amazon corporate employees is calling on the company to stop providing cloud services to Parler, a social media app popular with Trump supporters …
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| Shawna Chen / Axios: |
Google suspends Parler from the Play Store over moderation and enforcement policies, citing an “ongoing and urgent public safety threat” — Google has pulled Parler, a social media app for conservatives and far-right extremists, from its app store following the company's role in the deadly U.S. Capitol siege this week.
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| Washington Post: |
As Trump searches for a new social network after his Twitter ban, a shift from mainstream platforms would mark a retreat to insular conservative communities — Twitter's decision to ban President Trump mere days before the end of his term sparked a fierce political backlash among …
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| The Verge: |
Twitter says it has permanently suspended Trump's @realDonaldTrump account “due to the risk of further incitement of violence” — The president's preferred megaphone is gone — Twitter permanently banned President Donald Trump Friday days after a pro-Trump mob stormed the US Capitol leaving four dead.
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| Axios: |
A list of platforms that banned or limited Trump-affiliated accounts: Facebook, Twitter, Google, YouTube, Apple, Snapchat, TikTok, Shopify, Pinterest, and more — Platforms are rapidly removing Donald Trump's account or accounts affiliated with pro-Trump violence and conspiracies, like QAnon and #StoptheSteal.
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Tweets: @asharangappa_, @axios, @aynrandpaulryan, @albertmacgloan, @broderick, and @sarafischer
| Kim Lyons / The Verge: |
With the removal of Trump's Twitter account, many of his tweets embedded on thousands of web pages were wiped out, creating an ultimate case of “link rot” — All those embedded posts of his tweets are now broken — When Twitter banned President Trump from its platform permanently on Friday …
Tweets: @sameerpatel and @swiftonsecurity
| Kevin Roose / New York Times: |
High-stakes calls at Facebook or Twitter, corporate autocracies masquerading as mini-democracies, are just gut decisions made under extreme duress by their CEOs — The ability of a handful of people to control our public discourse has never been more obvious.
Tweets: @shapshak, @karaswisher, @yashar, @jonchevreau, @terronk, @benjedwards, @jeff_poor, @mattl_jg, @allisonlcarter, @kevinroose, and @puiwingtam
| Mike Masnick / Techdirt: |
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Tweets: @mmasnick, @jameeljaffer, @sama, @donaldjtrumpjr, @wired, @levie, @davidsacks, @deanobeidallah, @wired, @edbott, @suzanneevans1, @triketora, @gesfandiari, @donie, @wongmjane, @emilydreyfuss, @wired, @nxthompson, @lukelpearson, @lukelpearson, @stevekopack, @maxkennerly, @jameeljaffer, @lyssaslounge, @emptywheel, @samfbiddle, @carnage4life, @alexleavitt, @chrisfralic, @morningmoneyben, @goangelo, @laurenthehough, @micsolana, @karaswisher, and @caseynewton
| Jay Peters / The Verge: |
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Tweets: @caseynewton, @kylekashuv, @kantrowitz, @dellcam, @awgoraya, @sarafischer, @gadgetlab, @dumbassgenius, @deandettloff, @smerconish, @royradhika7, @sarahmarb, @slasher, @caitlin__kelly, @carljackmiller, @alibreland, @cestegman, @iansherr, @mikebutcher, @dreamcastguy, @rgoodlaw, and @arneduncan
| Craig Silverman / BuzzFeed News: |
A network of YouTube channels, which have not disclosed their connection to Epoch Times, has been propagating election disinformation since Election Day — A network of YouTube channels connected to the pro-Trump media outlet Epoch Times launched after Election Day as part of a disinformation campaign …
Tweets: @happyfeminist, @gitagovinda, and @craigsilverman
| Ernesto Van der Sar / TorrentFreak: |
Twitter has suspended the account of Sci-Hub for violating counterfeit policy: Sci-Hub founder says suspension may be related to an ongoing court case in India — Twitter has suspended the account of Sci-Hub, a site that offers a free gateway to paywalled research.
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