Tech companies are wielding their influence. People are seeing things that normally they won’t see – things that tech companies are always technically able to do.
Social Medias
- Facebook on Thursday (Jan 7): “extending the block we have placed on his Facebook and Instagram accounts indefinitely and for at least the next two weeks.”
- Twitter on Friday (Jan 8): “permanently suspended the account”
App Store
- Google on Friday (Jan 8) suspended Parler from its app store
- Apple on Saturday (Jan 9) removed Parler from its the iPhone App Store
Server
- Amazon told Parler on Saturday (Jan 9) it intends to cut ties with the company in the next 24 hours – suspend Parler’s (AWS) account effective Sunday, January 10th, at 11:59PM PST. AWS “will ensure that all of your data is preserved for you to migrate to your own servers, and will work with you as best as we can to help your migration”.
Other actions
- Payment (Shopify, Stripe, Paypal)
- Other social medias (Youtube/Alphabet, Snapchat, TikTok, Pinterest, Discord, Reddit, Twitch/Amazon), per Axios
- Airbnb on Monday (Jan 11) announced that it banned certain users from its platform and cancelled certain reservations in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area