Photographer: Gabby Jones / Bloomberg
Photographer: Gabby Jones / Bloomberg
The chief executive of the Parler LLC says he has gone into hiding after receiving death threats.
John Matze Jr.’s social media platform was. short for the new home for Donald Trump’s Conservative supporters who came to him after Twitter blocked the president. But Parler went dark Sunday after Apple Inc. and remove Google from their app stores and Amazon.com Inc. has pulled. the plug on its web hosting service, announcing violent content that the e-commerce giant is said to have played into Jan’s confusion. 6 Capitol.
“Many Parler employees suffer harassment and hostility, fear for the safety and security of their families, and in some cases flee their home state to escape persecution,” said Matze’s lawyer. in a Parler lawsuit that aimed to take over Amazon Lines Services to restore the platform online. Matze was forced to “go into hiding with his family after receiving death threats and aggressive personal security breaches. The Chief Executive did not specify the source of the threats, but his solicitor stated in a filing that Matze’s covert action was necessary as it was noted that “the AWS CEO continues to to reduce. ”
Matze’s move comes after Amazon earlier in the week said its employees, too at risk – with Parler users. “Both sides of this controversy have shown that their employees have suffered serious harassment and threats – including, on all sides, death threats – because of the prosecuting nature of this law,” according to Parler’s filing. , reported earlier by Fox News.
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