Parler sues Amazon for withdrawing support after U.S. Capitol riot
Summary
Social network Parler is suing Amazon for pulling its cloud computing support in the wake of the deadly U.S. Capitol riot. Popular with conservatives and supporters of President Donald Trump, Parler was reliant on the cloud computing services provided by AWS. In a lawsuit filed Monday in U.S. District Court in Seattle, Parler accused Amazon Web Services of breaking antitrust laws. It continues: "This emergency suit seeks a Temporary Restraining Order against defendant Amazon Web Services to prevent it from shutting down Parlers account. "We made our concerns known to Parler over a number of weeks and during that time we saw a significant increase in this type of dangerous content, not a decrease, which led to our suspension of their services Sunday evening."