The CEO of the controversial US based social-media platform Parler, John Matze, is "confident" that the site will be live again by the end of January after it was recently suspended. Matze told Fox News on Saturday night, "I'm confident that by the end of the month, we'll be back up."
Parler's website host Amazon Web Services (AWS) dropped Parler on January 11 after it claimed that the platform "poses a very real risk to public safety." It was also delisted by Google and Apple from their app stores after it was accused of promoting violent inciting conversations in the US.
After AWS took Parler offline, Parler filed an antitrust lawsuit against the tech giant, disputing Amazon's claims that it repeatedly warned Parler about violent content. Parler had become a hub for extreme-right conversations by Trump supporters and several of its users provoked the violence outside the US Capitol on January 6.
After remaining suspended for over a week, the site has since registered its domain with Epik and returned on Sunday as a static page containing a brief note from Matze, alongside an update on the site's "technical difficulties."
Matze also mentioned to Fox News that the platform managed to retrieve its data from Amazon on Friday, without much elaboration. He added that Parler is now on the road to returning and will post updates on its progress to the website every day.
