The judge said Parler did not provide enough evidence for its claims Pavlo Gonchar/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images Like SIGN UP The social media platform Parler lost a bid for a court order to force Amazon to reinstate its website services. Amazon banned Parler from its web host servers on Jan. 9 over what the company claimed was a "steady increase" in "violent content" that was against its terms of service. Parler's CEO John Matze accused the tech industry of colluding in order to squeeze competition out of the marketplace, and filed a lawsuit against Amazon days later. Attorneys for Parler requested a preliminary injunction from the court and argued in part that Amazon was violating laws against monopoly in favor of Twitter, Parler's competitor.