Conservative site Parler, banned by tech giants, is headed offline

Tech giants like Amazon have all cut ties with Parler, potentially leaving it without an Internet home even as its usership has recently been soaring. — AFP

Tech giants Amazon, Apple and Google have all cut ties with Parler, the social media platform popular with some conservatives, potentially leaving it without an Internet home as of midnight Sunday even as its usership has recently been soaring.

The three mega-corporations have accused the platform of continuing to post messages inciting violence even after the deadly assault Wednesday on the US Capitol by supporters of President Donald Trump.