Constellation Research founder Ray Wang argues that Big Tech standards “are not being enforced uniformly” and that suspensions against Parler will be “problematic” in the long run.
Parler registered his domain on the host-sharing site Epik on Monday, according to publicly available WHOIS research results. However, Epik told FOX Business that he was not involved in discussions with Parler about hosting the alternative social media platform.
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Prior to Parler’s domain registration on Monday, Epik issued a statement that “it had no contact or discussion with Parler in any way regarding our organization becoming its registrar or hosting provider” and that, according to its understanding, Parler was working to “satisfy the requested terms imposed on them by various elements of their supply chain.”
However, the statement seemed to defend Parler while criticizing tech giants like Facebook and Twitter for making “real changes or responsibilities almost impossible”, arguing that the “political interests and goals of their own executives end up creating an undeniable double standard for policing and application. “
“In terms of the eagerness of some to demand mass depletion and universal cancellations, it is becoming increasingly easy to demonize anyone who has different beliefs without recognizing the real effects and the impact that this can have on society,” wrote the vice Epik Senior President of Communications Robert Davis. “Violent attack campaigns can be readily fabricated, online or offline, to promote false public consensus.
“Without smarter judgment outside a judgment based on the crowd of instant convenience, the decisions we now make can be used to reduce the freedoms that many take for granted.”
Davis told FOX Business that Epik made a phone call to Parler after being caught off guard by his record, but never discussed hosting the platform. Instead, the conversation revolved strictly around techniques that Parler could use to improve his supervisory and content moderation practices to keep political discourse on his platform from getting out of hand.
“It wasn’t about hosting,” said Davis. “It was Parler literally wanting to find out what the best ideas were to avoid odious content on their networks in the future. “
A spokesman for Parler did not immediately return FOX Business’s request for comment.
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Parler’s record came after his ties to Amazon Web Services were served, after the screenshots seemed to show Parler users openly discussing plans for violence at the rally that preceded the attack on the Capitol by Trump supporters last week. . Parler filed a lawsuit, claiming that AWS acted with “political animosity” in its decision to close the platform and that Amazon committed a breach of contract and antitrust violation.
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Meanwhile, Google and Apple also took action against Parler after the events on Capitol Hill, suspending him from their app stores on Friday due to a failure to moderate “shocking content” posted by users related to the violent siege.
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Epik, founded in 2009, has about 2 million domain names under management. Another conservative and conservative social media platform that registered its domain with Epik is Gab, which claimed to have gained 10,000 users per hour on Saturday in response to the permanent Twitter suspension of President Trump’s account.