(Photo : Hollie Adams/Getty Images) A general view of the the Parler app icon displayed on an iPhone on January 9, 2021 in London, England.
Google decided on late Friday to suspend the free-speech focused social-media Parler app from its app store as Apple Inc. also threatened to do the same in wake of the Capitol riot.
BBC said in a report that for months, the Parler app had been one of the most popular social media platforms for right-wing users.
Later on, the Parler app became a right-wing echo chamber where people became fixated in proving voter fraud and attempting to overturn the election outcome, possibly including the Capitol riots.
Apple suspends Parler from its App Store while Amazon will shut off web hosting service over violence threats Kelly Tyko, USA TODAY
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While the social media app was the top free app Saturday, Apple said in a statement sent to USA TODAY that it has suspended Parler.
The social network, launched in 2018, became popular among conservatives and an unmoderated home to more extreme views in 2020 when Facebook and Twitter tightened up their content moderation and labeling. We have always supported diverse points of view being represented on the App Store, but there is no place on our platform for threats of violence and illegal activity, Apple s statement said. Parler has not taken adequate measures to address the proliferation of these threats to people’s safety.
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After Google and Apple took down Parler, a social media app for conservatives and far-right extremists, from their respective app store for encouraging violence in the US, Amazon has now decided to terminate Parler s web hosting services.Amazon .