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Todd Spangler NY Digital EditorThe chief executive of Parler said he was fired by the board of directors of the “free speech” social-media company — whose app was kicked off the internet for hosting violent content after the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S.

John Matze, chief executive of Parler, has been asked to step down, weeks after the conservative social media platform went dark.

Todd Spangler NY Digital EditorThe CEO of Parler, which claimed it had more than 12 million users before it was cut off by Amazon, Apple and Google last week, said the social network favored by Trump sympathizers might not be able to find a new home on the internet.Asked in an interview with Reuters when Parler might be able get back online, CEO John Matze said, “It could be never.

Parler CEO John Matze told "Tucker Carlson Tonight" Monday he and his colleagues had theorized that Amazon Web Services or one of the social media company's other necessary vendors could deny them service. "You just never think it will happen, right?" Matze told host Tucker Carlson.

Following news of Parler being removed from Apple's App Store on Saturday, Amazon will soon follow suit by dropping thesocial networking app from its web hosting services.

BuzzFeed News, Parler CEO John Matze had a message of his own: “We will not cave to pressure from anti-competitive actors! We will and always have enforced our rules against violence and illegal activity. But we WONT [sic] cave to politically motivated companies and those authoritarians who hate free speech!”On January 8, Discord, an instant messaging and chatroom app , has banned a server called “TheDonald.win,” according to Mother Jones reporter Ali Breland.

Dade Hayes Finance EditorWith many conservatives and Donald Trump backers in a lather over heightened scrutiny of Facebook and Twitter posts during election season, social media startup Parler is emerging as a fast-growing alternative.The Henderson, NV-based company, founded in 2018 by computer programmers John Matze and Jared Thomson, says its membership swelled to about 8 million from 4.5 million in just the past week. Parler’s app is the No.