Parler CEO Says Service Dropped By "Every Vendor" And Could End His Business

[Mike 03]

Deadline
Bruce Haring
January 10, 2021 12:04pm

Parler CEO Mark Matze said today that his company have been dropped by virtually all of their business alliances after Amazon, Apple and Google ended their agreements with the social media service.

“Every vendor from text message services to email providers to our lawyers all ditched us too on the same day,” Matze said today on Fox News.

Matze conceded that the bans could put the company out of business while raising free speech issues, calling it “an assault on everybody.”

“They all work together to make sure at the same time we would lose access to not only our apps, but they’re actually shutting all of our servers off tonight, off the internet,” Matze said. “They made an attempt to not only kill the app, but to actually destroy the entire company. And it’s not just these three companies. Every vendor from text message services to email providers to our lawyers all ditched us too on the same day.”

...SNIP...

“We’re going to try our best to get back online as quickly as possible. But we’re having a lot of trouble because every vendor we talk to says they won’t work with us. Because if Apple doesn’t approve and Google doesn’t approve, they won’t.”

Read full story: https://deadline.com/2021/01/parler-ceo-says-service-dropped-by-every-vendor-and-could-end-the-company-1234670607/

[Binkie The Clown]

1. What did he expect?

He put a match to a keg of gun powder and is dismayed that it blew up in his face.

[TheBlackAdder]

44. What? He just found out that catering to Nazis is bad for business? 🤣

[Maraya1969]

141. Go over there. It is still up and I went to Google search first to go there.

I'm sticking this in the front because I'd like someone to explain it to me.

[MineralMan]

2. Bye, now...

[GreenPartyVoter]

3. Looks like it's the dark web for you.

[MineralMan]

7. The Dark Web Insists on Bitcoin.

Does he gots any of that?

[GreenPartyVoter]

11. Who knows?

[TheBlackAdder]

50. Don't know how that Bitcoin is a product of China conspiracy or the half-dozen others sit with him.

.

He's gonna have a tough time resolving all of those with his loon base.



https://coincentral.com/top-7-bitcoin-conspiracy-theories/



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[joshcryer]

110. They can't do it.

It won't scale.

They need a website that has an https web client interface or it won't grow. You can't have a website on TOR, and decentralized clients don't scale to the number of users you want. A fully uncensorable decentralized ledger type system is very possible, however stenography would permit users to post illegal content on such a system. You could get around it with AI that flags post that have stenographic content but it would be subverted.

[BadDog40]

12. Fortunately the average Cultist is to stupid to figure out the dark web

[GreenPartyVoter]

14. Luckily

[dweller]

4. hm

✌🏻

[greenjar_01]

5. ...

[EarthFirst]

6. Guess the libs are doing the 'owning' this time asshole... nt

[Faux pas]

8. HA HA HA

And

[napi21]

9. HA! One more avenue that DT can't post to. I don't care if Parler goes under. One less place for

Pubs to spread their venom.

[tblue37]

119. And organize their insurrections.

[Eyeball_Kid]

124. Parler comes close to being an accomplice to

an attempted and ongoing coup.

[pat_k]

10. The "free speech" issues bullshit really angers me.

As I posted elsewhere:

https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1017&pid=631235

[stopbush]

26. Yep

[Initech]

71. For them - free speech means:

They want to be openly racist, sexist, homophobic, xenophobic, transphobic assholes in public without consequences.

[pat_k]

83. . . .and spread their vile speech via any outlet they choose.

Insanity.

Get a soapbox and shout in the public square. Don't expect private organizations to roll out the red carpet.

[Initech]

86. Also they should expect some ass kickings.

[AZ8theist]

145. While shutting up POC...

"Free speech" to these fucking Nazis is a one way street..

[LovingA2andMI]

72. There is no Free Speech....

For PRIVATE COMPANIES. The Free Speech clause is for an Individual as it relates to GOVERNMENTAL Speech. Private Corporations are not the Government. This is what has been lost as the lines of Business and Government have intersected way too much.

If the Insurrection now make folk WAKE UP and STAND UP against those who believe "Free Speech" and Private Corporations ever belong in the same damn sentence, as it does not!!!

[NurseJackie]

13. Aw...

[Mr. Ected]

15. Live by the sword, die by the sword

You can't berate the free market for bouncing you to oblivion when the free market comprises your political porn.

[lisa58]

37. Beautifully said - thank you

[lisa58]

16. Boo 'effen' hoo

[denbot]

17. "an assault on everybody"

No shit asshole..

[bucolic_frolic]

92. Authorities are waking up to the challenge

Sure is strange not to have briefings from the likes of FBI DHS, but I guess they are very busy.

Link to tweet

Tim Alberta
@TimAlberta
The stuff I've heard in the last 72 hours—from members of Congress, law enforcement friends, gun shop owners, MAGA devotees—is absolutely chilling.

We need to brace for a wave of violence in this country. Not just over the next couple of weeks, but over the next couple of years.

Link to tweet

Small but fierce
@SacredSHS
Replying to
@TimAlberta
This is from Parler. Tell me THIS doesn't terrify you. It's been reported to multiple agencies.
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/ErY6yY1XAAIm3u5?format=jpg&name=small
1:04 PM · Jan 10, 2021·Twitter for Android

[Claire Oh Nette]

111. humor me...

Line 3: Delete "commie progressive democrats"
replace with "White Evangelical Christian"

Line 5: Delete "commie"
Replace with "Infidel"


you get the idea...

[central scrutinizer]

147. He seems nice

[Iliyah]

18. Good motherf***** . . ..

you helped fuel the domestic terrorism of January 6, 2021 . ..

[live love laugh]

153. 💯

[UpInArms]

19. Cry me a river, you traitor

Go drown yourself in a pool of your own tears.

[ffr]

20. That's bad for him I suppose. What's parlor?

[Claire Oh Nette]

21. Bans? they're not bans...

The Invisible hand of the free market canceled its contracts with you for violation of terms of service. Private companies have no obligation to sponsor your hate speech. Maybe flyers in truck stops???

[rgbecker]

45. Love it.

]https://blog.hightoweragency.com/ways-to-recruit-drivers-at-truck-stops/

[IllinoisBirdWatcher]

22. Too bad he wouldn't enforce his own TOS. Bye-bye, Markie. N/T

[Takket]

23. going to be funny to see how many of these scumbags crawl back to twitter

there were so many complaints about how twitter was targeting conservatives so "i'm leaving, come follow me on parler".

i bet twitter won't look so bad to them now lol. hopefully they aren't let back in.

[bullimiami]

24. its bad for business to be associated with traitors. welcome to capitalism.

[Paladin]

25. Yeah, well. Boo-fucking-hoo. (nt)

[pwb]

27. Ah shit

Ruining the American dream will have to wait a bit. Sorry Vlad Matze let you down.

[Yonnie3]

28. Gosh, that's tough Mr. Matze

My advice, is that this is America, work hard and pull yourself up by your bootstraps. You'll be fine.

[FakeNoose]

29. Gosh, I'm sorry to hear that

[MagickMuffin]

30. HAHAHA no tears for SEDITIONIST Snowflakes

When you try to over throw the government you no longer can claim censorship. YOU ARE TRYING TO OVER THROW OUR GOVERNMENT!


As I recall in 2016 after winning the Popular vote, ALL of you told us to get over it. Get over our feelings. Well backcha!

[intrepidity]

31. The "free market" in action nt

[DeminPennswoods]

62. Indeed!

nt

[LovingA2andMI]

73. THIS!!!

About Time. Go FREE MARKET on Eliminating All Things Parler. Great job!!!

[Bernardo de La Paz]

32. 1st Amendment restrains governments, not corporations. Live by capitalism, die by capitalism if your

Live by capitalism, die by capitalism if your company condones and enables violence and insurrection.

[Elwood P Dowd]

33. "By by love, goodby happiness, hello loneliness,

[onecaliberal]

34. I don't really care, do you? #BeBest

[TeamPooka]

35. Too fucking bad eh?

[MustLoveBeagles]

36. I don't really care do u?

Tots and pears!

[DBoon]

38. Do we have a Web service that allows MS-13 to coordinate drug deals and drive-by shootings?

Then why have a service that allows planning armed insurrections by Nazis?

[Clearly fogged in]

39. Maybe they can pull themselves up by their reBoot straps.

[dalton99a]

40. Parler should be treated like Stormfront

Free speech, my ass

[NurseJackie]

41. To quote Kenneth Copeland...

[BumRushDaShow]

140. I was gonna borrow your signature one

[mdbl]

151. damn Jackie, just when i thought i could hold down supper you post that pic

[jmowreader]

42. Your business helped kill five people, young person

You know you're fucked when your lawyers fire you as a client.

But seriously, are we supposed to get all choked up over the demise of a company as harmful as this one?

[PJMcK]

43. Hey, Mark!

There are no free speech issues involved in your situation. Apple, Google et al. are all private companies. What's happening to you is what Republicans used to call the free market.

The First Amendment protects us from the government censoring us. It doesn't say a word about private companies' behavior.

Sorry, sucker. You could have cleaned up your service but instead you thought you were "edgy."

[c-rational]

81. +1. Welcome to the free market.

[roamer65]

46. Prediction: They will be up on Russian servers soon.

But Apple and Google won’t let them back into their app stores, so that will neuter them greatly.

If people want into it, they will have to login via a browser.

Putin will make sure it happens as it is ready made Russian agitprop.

[Jarqui]

47. If they made the same effort to get rid of Trump, we'd be getting somewhere. ...nt

[geomon666]

48. I guess it's a good thing there's welfare to fall back on

But you're above that, ain't ya?

[jmbar2]

49. Parler was funded by Rebecca Mercer

This is starting to hit higher up on the food chain.

[dalton99a]

53. +1.

[mahina]

57. Wow! Deep pockets. May they inspire really effective lawsuits. I have no idea what the matters

would be. But I hope people who can, do.

[crickets]

93. Yep. She quietly played co-founder in the background

and had a huge hand in funding it. It's so sweet to see it blow up in her face.

[niyad]

106. Same one who funded breitbart?

[Happy Hoosier]

51. So, they love freedom, but not not if it bites them in the ass. NT

[fishwax]

52. fomenting insurrection is bad for business, I guess

Oh well.

[gademocrat7]

54. Be gone, vermin!

[Caliman73]

55. This is the "sacred" free market at work. They should be loving this?

Obvious hopefully, but seriously. This isn't a "free speech" issue. I would give him more respect if he had said, "This is an issue of censorship", but right wingers don't really care about the meaning of words. They operate in a world of feelings, not logic, despite Ben Shapiro's stupid catchphrase, "Facts don't care about your feelings".

This is a group of private companies who are making a business decision. They see the toxicity of the message on Parler and they are saying, "this will be bad for the bottom line". They are getting backlash for their hateful ideas not who they are. They could be conservative and have a whole range of outlets to discuss conservative views, but they are not. They are extremist, bigoted, White Supremacists, Anti-Semites, Xenophobic, Misogynists, etc... whose views are so extreme at this point, as to not be tenable in a marketplace. This is the consequence of their views and words and the actions that those views and words unleashed on January 6th 2021. Hopefully Parler, Fox, OANN, Newsmax, and all other right wing garbage will face a similar reckoning.

[GaYellowDawg]

56. Womp womp.

Consequences.

[KentuckyWoman]

58. Can't blame the lawyers on "big tech"

[GeorgeGist]

59. The market speaks ...

and says "you're an asshole ".

[Roisin Ni Fiachra]

60. A vehicle for Nazis to spread Nazi propaganda imploring people to

violently overthrow the government after a brutal, murderous seditious insurrection attempt on the Capitol.

What could possibly go wrong?

[DFW]

61. This is like a bomb thrower protesting handcuffs. n/t

[DSandra]

63. Violence is not the answer in a civil society. You defy that, you pay the price!

[IsItJustMe]

64. Bye bye you POS. May karma follow you all the days of your life.

[Tree-Hugger]

65. Smells like Capitalism

Now, now. Just get a good grip on those boot straps and work harder.

[DeminPennswoods]

66. The Trump cultist branding is toxic these days

nt

[Vivienne235729]

67. Bwahahahaha!!

[LovingA2andMI]

68. Can We Say?

1). Fuck John's Feelings.

2). We Are Truly Enjoying The Taste of Your Parler Gone Tears.

3).

That's All!

[Initech]

69. Womp womp!

[Gore1FL]

70. Poor business practices often lead to business endings. nt

[ClusterFreak]

74. Womp womp.

[ScottFrom1960]

75. Oh, No!

Anyway, it's cold here. How's the weather where you are?

[LittleGirl]

76. Yay, no shoes, no shirt, no service

Providers can select their clients because that’s just the way capitalism works.
Suck it.

Lol, ha ha ha

[ProfessorGAC]

77. Hmmmmmm. Let's See. What Do I Think About This?

Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha !
Punk, whiny, snowflake!

[berni_mccoy]

78. Good. Fucking. Riddance.

[Renew Deal]

79. I'm sure they can find a hosting provider in Russia that will take them.

[ToxMarz]

80. No one is stopping them from doing anything they want to

And no one is REQUIRED to do business with them. Everything they need others do, so they can also do it themselves if they want. Good luck with that though.

[CentralMass]

82. Boo hoo.

[tavernier]

84. Oh gosh, we are SOO SORRY!!!

[bucolic_frolic]

85. The great American political middle is closing ranks

It's hard to believe so many people prefer peace and prosperity to civil war. I don't know what's going on in their minds.

[Dukkha]

87. Maybe AOL will take them

No? CompuServe? Earthlink? Maybe a MySpace page?

[yaesu]

88. yelling fire in a crowded theater is not free speech. nt

[CaptainTruth]

112. Actually, it is, & protected by the 1st Amendment. It may have consequences, however.

If you're on Twitter, I enjoy @BadLegalTakes

The "fire in a crowded theater" myth comes up frequently & usually results in posts by attorneys of people banging their heads on desks.

[Wednesdays]

154. What about shouting "Theater!" in a crowded firehouse?

[mackdaddy]

89. I am sure the FBI will be interested in your files.

Search warrant on the way.

Good thing you collected the drivers licenses of everyone who signed up. They might knock a year or two off you sentence for sedition if you co-operate.

[lindysalsagal]

90. But he was perfectly happy to profit from white supremacy and violent talk

Wait- I'll get my violin.

[George II]

91. Awwwww.....

[Hekate]

94. Who knew that trying to overthrow the US government would upset business entities that rely on ....

...the stability of that government? This isn’t about free speech rights, you morons, because all of these are non-governmental free-enterprise outfits, and their decision to drop the ban-hammer is their own.

For which I thank them, actually, but I still distrust their inherent allegiance to democracy.

[TNNurse]

95. Well, since I am a life long southerner....Bless Your Heart

and I mean that in the least sincere way possible.

[Denvermosaic]

96. I would like to see all the rest of the nazi media, FOX, AON and Newsmax type of crap

suffer the same consequences

[Lulu KC]

97. my heart aches for him

[Hekate]

98. I won't be satisfied until they are reduced to using mimeograph machines with purple ink...

...for their mass communications.

[BumRushDaShow]

143. At least they can try to get high on the ink fumes

[Iggo]

144. Dittos!

[58Sunliner]

99. K & R!!

[marble falls]

100. In a word ...

Wellalrightythen! Going to write some code somewhere on contract for around $35,000 a year will be good for him.

[MustBeTheBooz]

101. IDK...

Maybe all of these companies just think your users are assholes and want nothing to do with violent sedition. SMDH

[2naSalit]

102. Thank your clientele asshole.

[marble falls]

103. boo.hoo.

[ad121rome]

104. Boo Hoo

Good riddance.

[wryter2000]

105. Boo-frikking-hoo

Tiniest violin in the world.

[paulkienitz]

107. sedition is not free speech, dammit

Every court precedent agrees. Sedition, incitement of violence, and advocacy of crime are not protected by the first amendment. Nor are libel or slander. Put the two together and most "hate speech" in general is unprotected. So are threats and attempts to cause panic. All in all, very little of fascist discourse actually falls within protected political speech.

[volstork]

108. Boo effing Hoo.

Don't be a party to insurrection and sedition next time, AH.

[keithbvadu2]

109. Has Parler ever denied someone their 1st Amendment free speech rights to post on their site?

Has Parler ever denied someone their 1st Amendment free speech rights to post on their site?

[moose65]

114. I was wondering that too

I’m sure Parler has terms of service. Have they ever blocked or banned anyone?

I can only imagine how toxic it is over there. These types love to argue with the libtards, but I’m sure there aren’t many liberals over there, so they would end up arguing with each other. 🙄

[lark]

113. oh, the sweet smell of karma in the evening.

[PatSeg]

115. Even their lawyers ditched them?

I'd say they are finished for good!

[Lonestarblue]

116. Poor baby! That's what you get when you creat a site for promoting violence and insurrection.

Rebekah Mercer must be so proud of her funding of this site that helped fuel conspiracy and the ransacking of the US Capitol. She is an accessory for providing the tools for the crime. How do we get these people out of our country? If they don’t want to live in a democracy, then let them find another country to live in. I’m sick of their stupidity and their crap of claiming to take back their country. It’s our country, not their country.

[meadowlander]

117. When your business model is providing a platform for treason, IDK what you expect.

[greatbaldeagle]

118. Sounds like a melting snowflake

All the businesses, especially the small ones that had to close due to Agent Orange-tan not only lying and refusing to do anything to stop the spread of Covid-19, but fueling behavior that accelerated it actually have a grievance against the government for what happened to them. Giving aid and comfort to seditious traitors and having business partners sever ties with you as a result does not qualify as a grievance against the government.

He needs to take his snowflake face of tears and place it in front of a mirror. There he'll find the entity deserving of his grievance.

[IthinkThereforeIAM]

120. He should try North Korea for a server to use...

... I bet that would make Lil' Kim's day!

[Hugin]

121. Play stupid games, win stupid prizes.

Yesss... I searched this whole thread and I didn't see this yet.

[bringthePaine]

122. how's that "free market" working out for ya?🐶

[BadGimp]

123. I'm sure some Russian based hosting company will gladly host their stuff...

[samsingh]

125. excellent!

[RainCaster]

126. You must be a real piece of shit if your lawyers walked away

[SunSeeker]

129. Or penniless...or both. nt

[Tommymac]

127. Don't Come around Her No More Asswipe.

[SunSeeker]

128. Well...

[durablend]

130. Puhleez

"Matze said that the services are unfairly targeting Parler. “They’re trying to falsely claim that we’re somehow responsible for the events that occurred on the 6th,” he said, the date of the Capitol building takeover by protesters."

Right, it was ANTEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEFA that did it, you had nothing at all to do with it

[NellieStarbuck]

131. Boofekkinhoo.

That's business!

[Blue Owl]

132. Suck it you fat pieces of shit

[Swamp Country Po Boy]

133. Step Into OUR Parlor

[nolabear]

134. Welcome to a liberal, democratic, capitalist society Sparkplug.

We outnumber you.

[Iggo]

135. I'm trying to think of something sarcastic.

Nope.

Just gonna laugh.

[Archetypist]

136. Free market baby!

Aint it grand? Let those economics trickle down to you. Mark.

[BumRushDaShow]

137. "while raising free speech issues"

There are no "free speech issues" here. It's NOT "the government" doing this. Neither the FCC nor Congress are "making laws" that are "limiting" your "speech".

It's free-wheeling "private industry" that you all so love, making a "business decision".

[Evolve Dammit]

138. If he is in fact, that stoopid, then he may want to seek some kind of professional help.

[RANDYWILDMAN]

139. Fun times, words matter

you should have watched your platform more carefully, but you knew that already didn't you.

[Corgigal]

142. I just listen

to this shady AF, CEO on the Sway podcast. Episode called : If you were this app, you saw the mob coming.

My impression, couldn’t have happened to more deserving tap dancer.

[fierywoman]

146. Boo-hoo, Rebecca Mercer is going to have a big tax write-off this year.

[MontanaMama]

148. Parler is still up and running.

I just went over there.

[BobTheSubgenius]

149. Ready? 1....2....3....

"Awwwwww...."

And, there is apparently one more moron that doesn't even know what the 1st Amendment says.

[getagrip_already]

150. Never fear.... Putin is near.....

I suspect within a few days they will announce they found an offshore isp to host their app servers. Just like wikileaks, it will be shrouded in layers of misdirection and shady funding.

But the site won't be gone for long. It's too valuable to putin and his oligarch's.

[Hassler]

152. Won't Vlad keep financing him?

[TigressDem]

155. Good. His shit show almost ended the US. Fair is Fair. nt