The move came just days after a mob of Trump supporters stormed the Capitol Building in Washington, D.C.—a siege that left five people dead, including a police officer. Twitter and Facebook have each blocked the accounts of President Donald Trump.
Matze initially said on Sunday there was a possibility that Parler would be unavailable for “up to a week” as they attempted to “rebuild from scratch,” noting his team would seek an alternative web hosting service. That appears to have proven difficult.
Google suspended Parler from the Play Store market on Friday, saying it was “aware of continued posting in the… app that seeks to incite ongoing violence in the U.S.” The same day, Apple gave Parler 24 hours to moderate content or face removal.
That came to fruition on Saturday, with the app pulled from the iOS store and stopping it from being accessible on iPhone and iPads. Apple noted Parler appeared to “continue to be used to plan and facilitate yet further illegal and dangerous activities.”
The AWS Trust and Safety team told Parler on Saturday that it would be suspending its web hosting account because the platform “poses a very real risk to public safety.” As of Monday morning, the Parler website appeared to be offline and inaccessible.
Parler has been contacted for comment by Newsweek.
Parler investor Dan Bongino on Sunday pleaded with users not to abandon the website. “Please, hang with us. I ASSURE YOU, we aren’t going anywhere,” he wrote, just prior to the platform being pulled offline. Bongino was previously suspended by Twitter.
