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Amazon Says Parler Systematically Unwilling To Remove Violent Content

Amazon Says Parler Systematically Unwilling To Remove Violent Content Enlarge this image Hollie Adams/Getty Images Hollie Adams/Getty Images Before Amazon took down Parler, the messaging app favored by far-right activists, Amazon says it flagged dozens of instance of violent and hateful posts that Parler "systematically failed" to remove. "This case is about Parler's demonstrated unwillingness and inability to remove from the servers of Amazon Web Services. Amazon said that since November, it reported to Parler more than 100 instances of content promoting violence, including calls to hang, shoot or kill Black and Jewish people, lawmakers, tech CEOs, police officers and others. Addressing Parler's comments about the treatment of Twitter, Amazon said it "does not host Twitter's feed" so "it could not have suspended access to Twitter's content."

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