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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.
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| 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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| 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 … | 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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| 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 …
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| Kevin Roose / New York Times: |
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| 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.| Manish Singh / TechCrunch: |
Bangalore-based Jumbotail, an online wholesale marketplace for grocery and food items, adds $14.2M to its Series B, bringing total for the round to about $44M — Jumbotail, an online wholesale marketplace for grocery and food items, said on Friday it has raised an additional $14.2 million …
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| Miguel Cordon / Tech in Asia: |
Mynt, the fintech arm of Filipino carrier Globe Telecom, says it has raised $175M in multiple tranches, bringing its post-money valuation close to $1B — The Philippines' Globe Fintech Innovations (Mynt), the fintech arm of telco major Globe and operator of e-wallet service GCash … | 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 …
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