Social media platform Parler subpoenaed Twitter on Wednesday for its role in allegedly colluding with Amazon to deplatform the app in the wake of the Jan. 6 Capitol riot.
A handful of Big Tech companies, including Amazon, Apple, and Google, moved to take down Parler in early January 2021, citing its role in enabling the attack.
The subpoena, issued by Superior Court for the State of Washington King County in Parler’s lawsuit against Amazon Web Services, requests documents related to Twitter blocking former President Donald Trump from the platform, documents regarding Amazon hosting Parler and Twitter on its cloud services, and how Twitter responded to government subpoenas in 2021 relating to the 2020 election, the Jan. 6 riot, and Parler.
“Parler will continue to fight against Big Tech companies like Amazon Web Services and Twitter that attempt to stifle innovation and free speech through anticompetitive practices,” George Farmer, CEO of Parler, said in a statement. “We will continue to stand against cancel culture and the mob mentality.”
The documents Parler has requested from Twitter are aimed at challenging what Parler calls an ongoing abuse of power and anticompetitive conduct by the Big Tech companies that harms individuals and businesses who don’t conform to their viewpoints.
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Parler was founded in 2018 and billed itself as a platform that protects free speech. It has been popular with conservatives and jumped to the most downloaded app on Apple’s app store in November after the presidential election and again in January after the Capitol riot.
