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Donk_enby had earlier reversed engineered part of the Parler iOS client, which had been written in Python. Using its API, a jail-broken iPad, and Ghidra, a National Security Agency (NSA) open-source reverse-engineering tool, donk_enby exploited weaknesses in Parler's design.

Peter Sunde Kolmisoppi calls Parler’s face plant in the wake of its deplatforming 'embarrassing,' driven by 'egotism.'

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In the last three months, tech giants have censored political speech and journalism to manipulate U.S. politics, while liberals, with virtual unanimity, have cheered.

Last week, following riots that saw supporters of President Trump breach and sack parts of the Capitol building, Facebook and Twitter made the decision to give the president the boot.

Even if the right-wing social network Parler wasn't being rejected by every major public cloud and hosting company, it would find it almost impossible to move to another site.

The actions followed the barring of President Trump from the service last week, as Twitter has moved to distance itself from violent content.

Video-sharing site Rumble, citing a Wall Street Journal investigation, alleges in an antitrust suit that Google diverted traffic away from it toward YouTube.

Parler faces an uncertain future after Amazon reportedly said it would no long host the social network, and Apple suspended it from its App Store over its role in last week’s attack on the US Capitol by a pro-Trump mob. The social network increasingly favoured by conservatives and extremists had violated its terms of service and would no longer be hosted from midnight Sunday, reported Buzzfeed, citing a letter sent by Amazon Web Services (AWS).

Amazon on Saturday night suspended the social media platform Parler from its web hosting service, an Amazon spokesperson confirmed to The Hill.