Amazon.com Inc. states that Parler LLC is not only dangerous for law and order in the nation’s capital but also for the tech giant’s employees.
To justify to a judge why he stopped web hosting service for the reserved social media site, Amazon officials cited threats from Parler users on delivery drivers and employees at the e-commerce giant – as well as concerns that Parler failed to police violent content both before and after the Jan riot. 6 at the US Capitol.
A demonstration links Thursday in Seattle federal court over Parler’s complaint that Amazon’s action is a politically loaded attack on upstart attempts to compete with social media behemoths Twitter and Facebook. But even when Parler shouts that the loss of a web hosting service is threatening to exist, Amazon said Parler did not honor his contract.
“It was Parler who broke the agreement, by hosting content claiming violence and failing to bring that content down in a timely manner,” AWS said in the file.
Two unnamed Amazon executives filed statements in court files about Parler users “posting threats of physical violence to Amazon delivery drivers, Amazon utilities, and Amazon officials. ”Each of them wrote:“ As a result of these and similar threats against employees of other companies that prevented Parler or others from their services, I am concerned for my safety, as well as the safety of my colleagues. ”
Amazon began investigating violent threats on Parler in November and reported more than 100 pieces of content over the next seven weeks, but the site never took action, according to one official. Following the events at the Capitol, Amazon “alerted Parler of additional content that threatened or incited violence” and stressed the need to downgrade such posts, the executive team said. .
Parler responded by suggesting that volunteers identify content that would be forwarded to a “jury” to decide whether it should be taken down, the executive team said. Amazon said the company’s chief executive had publicly stated that Parler would do “as little content modeling as possible” and that there was a reduction in violent threats on the site.
“We explained that with the events at the U.S. Capitol Building and the dangers of the upcoming inauguration, we were very concerned about this content leading to more violence,” the Amazon executive said, adding that the company was skeptical that Parler’s response would be effective.
David J. Groesbeck, a lawyer based in Spokane, Wash., Had no idea. Representing Parler, Tuesday night.
AWS is the largest provider of cloud computing, and their on-demand software services are the backbone for many of the most popular internet services. Parler has “no other options” for being online, he said in a suit.