Category: PARLER

Judge Rejects Parler’s Request for Order Forcing Amazon to Keep Hosting Service

A federal judge on Jan. 21 denied a request from Parler that sought to have the court order Amazon Web Services (AWS) to continue hosting the service. U.S. District Judge Barbara Jacobs Rothstein, a Carter appointee, said that Parler failed to meet the standard for the issuance of a preliminary injection. “To be clear, the…


House Oversight Chairwoman Asks FBI Director to Investigate Parler Over Jan. 6 Capitol Riots

The House Oversight Committee sent a letter to FBI Director Christopher Wray to look into Parler’s alleged involvement in the Jan. 6 Capitol riots. Chairwoman Carolyn Maloney wrote in a letter Wednesday that the FBI should carry out a “robust investigation” into whether Parler played a role in the Capitol breach. The chairwoman also wanted…


House Oversight Chairwoman Seeks FBI Probe of Parler Over Jan. 6 Capitol Breach

The House Oversight Committee sent a letter to FBI Director Christopher Wray to look into allegations of social media platform Parler’s involvement “related to the violence” on Jan. 6 at the U.S. Capitol. Chairwoman Carolyn Maloney wrote in a letter dated Jan. 21 that the FBI should carry out a “robust investigation” into whether Parler played…


Russian Company Confirms Its Providing Services to Parler as Website Issues New Update

A Russian company confirmed that it is providing services to social media website Parler. It was discovered that Parler retained the services of DDoS-Guard, which offers protection against distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks, provides hosting services, and more. Jeffrey Wernick, Parler’s chief operating officer, told the New York Times that DDoS-Guard supports only a temporary webpage, adding…


Parler Claims Amazon Intentionally Left Security Hole for Hackers to Attack Data Centers

Parler, in a court filing, accused Amazon Web Services (AWS) of deliberately leaving open Amazon Route 53, a Domain Name System web service, that essentially provided a green light for hackers to attack its data centers. Parler’s filing in a Washington state court stated that after AWS took Parler offline, “it did a very curious thing”…


‘Hell, No, We Won’t Go!’—to the Inauguration

Commentary Sorry to recapitulate my column of the other day—“Suppose They Held an Inauguration and Nobody Came?”—but recent events have made it even more necessary. On the level of opéra bouffe farce, leading those events was a panic set off in the Capitol Jan. 18 that turned out to have been caused by a small…


NTD Business Full Broadcast (Jan. 18)

In the stock market how do you know what the smart money is doing and the dumb money? We talk to Lance Roberts at Real Investment Advice. Bill Gates owns more farmland than anyone else in the country. Is now a good time to invest? The Trump administration lands a heavy blow on China’s Huawei…


Parler CEO ‘Confident’ Platform Will Return by End of January

De-platformed social media website Parler may return by the end of January, coming after the site reappeared online after Amazon Web Services took the site down due to alleged violations, according to Parler CEO John Matze. “I’m confident that by the end of the month, we’ll be back up,” Matze told Fox News on Sunday…


Parler’s Website Back Online With a Message From Its CEO

Parler’s website suddenly appeared online Sunday with a message from its CEO, John Matze, who said, “Hello world, is this thing on?” The message suggests Parler was able to find another hosting service, coming about a week after Amazon Web Services booted the social media website from its services, taking the site down. It came as…


Parler CEO Posts Message on Its Website

Parler’s website suddenly appeared online on Jan. 17 with a message from its CEO, John Matze, who said, “Hello world, is this thing on?” The website only included the message. The message suggests Parler was able to find another hosting service, coming about a week after Amazon Web Services booted the social media website from its…