Even before Amazon booted Parler off its Web service, Apple and Google had banned it from their respective app stores. Credit: Jaap Arriens/NurPhoto via Getty Images Judge Refuses To Reinstate Parler After Amazon Shut It Down By at 12:14 pm NPR A federal judge has refused to restore the social media site Parler after Amazon kicked the company off of its Web-hosting services over content seen as inciting violence. Updated at 5:50 p.m. ET The decision is a blow to Parler, an upstart that has won over Trump loyalists for its relatively hands-off approach to moderating content. The company sued Amazon over its ban, demanding reinstatement.