United States: Parler, the Conservatives' favorite app, blocked by Gafa
Talking is the favorite app of American conservatives.
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The web giants continue their offensive against the social network Parler, highly prized by American conservatives and in particular supporters of Donald Trump.
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After the announcement on January 8 of the suspension of the application by Google, then the decision the next day by Apple to remove the social network Parler from its download platform, Amazon's decision was expected.
In a letter to the conservative site, the web giant says it has "
recently observed a persistent increase in violent content
."
Amazon has therefore decided to end its relationship with Speak, in response to
the events that occurred this week in Washington.
Alternative to Facebook for pro-Trump
Amazon hosts the servers of this application and by shutting them down, the web giant will make this much-maligned application inaccessible.
"
It is possible that the social network will no longer be accessible on the Internet for a week
" announced the founder of Parler.
In recent months, Parler has been the fastest growing app in the United States.
Inaccessible
Donald Trump supporters were looking for an alternative to Facebook and Twitter.
Apple even ranked Talking as the number one free app for its iPhones.
This social network should therefore no longer function as of January 10 and will no longer be accessible until a new hosting service has been found.
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