Parler CEO John Matze has gone into hiding with his family after receiving death threats, according to a new court filing.
Parler sued Amazon Web Services (AWS) after the company refused to continue working with the social media company. While Parler went offline on Jan. 11 as a result, it showed some sort of life on Jan. 17 with a message from its CEO, but nothing else.
Amazon asked the court a day later to redact names, job titles, and descriptions from court documents.
“Redaction of the employee identifying information is necessary to protect their safety and security and to prevent potential harassment,” Amazon said.
“These employees’ safety concerns are well-founded in light of significant and repeated threats of physical violence against AWS, its facilities, and its employees in the wake of AWS’s decision to suspend its cloud hosting agreement with Parler.”
The motion included screenshots of posts that appeared to be from Parler in which users threatened t...
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