Joe Tidy from bbc said that If you ever needed proof of the power of “Big Tech” then the downfall of Parler on Monday morning is a good place to start.I, like many others, logged on to the controversial social network to see what would happen after 11:59 Pacific Time in the US.This was the deadline Amazon had given the app to find a new host service before it booted the platform offline for allegedly containing violent content.
It was being seen as a significant moment in ongoing efforts by US tech giants to “deplatform” Donald Trump and some of his extreme supporters after the US Capitol Hill riot last week.
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