Parler Judge Refuses to Make Amazon Restore Site’s Web Hosting

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The Parler logo on a smartphone arranged in the Brooklyn borough of New York, U.S., on Friday, Dec. 18, 2020. Parler bills itself as a non-biased social network that protects free speech and user data. John Matze, chief executive officer, says the platform saw great growth during the 2020 election as many conservatives moved away from products like Facebook and Twitter.
The Parler logo on a smartphone arranged in the Brooklyn borough of New York, U.S., on Friday, Dec. 18, 2020. Parler bills itself as a non-biased social network that protects free speech and user data. John Matze, chief executive officer, says the platform saw great growth during the 2020 election as many conservatives moved away from products like Facebook and Twitter.

(Bloomberg) -- Parler LLC lost its request for a court forcing Amazon.com Inc. to restore web hosting for the beleaguered conservative social media network.

A Seattle federal judge issued an order Thursday after Parler complained that the decision by Amazon Web Services to pull the plug on its platform after the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection was politically motivated to benefit Twitter.

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