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CEO John Matze joins ‘Hannity’ to give an update on what’s next for the social media platform<\/p>\n
Parler, the social networking app, was started for two main reasons.<\/p>\n
First, Parler\u2019s founders wanted to compete in a free market to address the problems with their competitors at Twitter and elsewhere.<\/p>\n
One such problem was \u2014 and remains \u2014 that too many people felt like the commodity on other platforms, with their personal data being mined and used for profit.<\/p>\n
PARLER ‘DISAPPOINTED’ IN COURT RULING KEEPING IT OFFLINE BUT CONFIDENT IT WILL ‘ULTIMATELY PREVAIL’<\/strong><\/p>\n In other words, the goal of Parler was simply to present to the public an alternative to the social media giants to better protect their privacy.<\/p>\n Second, Parler\u2019s founders wanted to create a platform that allowed for the maximum amount of freedom of expression within the limits of the law.<\/p>\n That sounds like an innocent, even noble enterprise. Certainly not controversial, let alone a threat to American democracy.<\/p>\n And yet, Apple and Google removed Parler from their app stores earlier this month. Amazon quickly followed suit, kicking Parler off its cloud servers. The latter decision pushed the app offline, effectively halting its operations and posing an existential threat to the company.<\/p>\n Apple, Google and Amazon claim they acted because Parler didn\u2019t do enough to police violent and threatening content. Of course, we know the actual truth: Big Tech moved to crush what it deemed a right-wing platform that had the audacity not to censor conservatives during a time of intense political polarization.<\/p>\n This was a cancel culture mob \u2014 the same mob that is now pushing for American publishers not to sign book deals with officials who served in the Trump administration. Disturbingly, 500 authors and literary professionals signed a letter calling for this anti-American suppression.<\/p>\n So, what\u2019s next for Parler? How does it rebuild? I find out on this week\u2019s episode of my podcast, “Newt\u2019s World.” My guest is Amy Peikoff, chief policy officer of Parler.<\/p>\n According to Peikoff, right now Parler has a static webpage telling people that the company is working on coming back online. The company is figuring out what it can do without access to Amazon\u2019s servers. But Peikoff urges everyone to keep checking the website and said Parler will make an announcement once the app is up and running.<\/p>\n CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR OUR OPINION NEWSLETTER<\/strong><\/p>\n Parler has filed a lawsuit against Amazon Web Services, which cut ties with the app abruptly and without any notice.<\/p>\n Amazon\u2019s “decision to effectively terminate Parler\u2019s account is apparently motivated by political animus,” according to the complaint. “It is also apparently designed to reduce competition in the microblogging services market to the benefit of Twitter.”<\/p>\n Parler also accused Amazon of breaching a contract between them.<\/p>\n