Parler fails to win quick reprieve with lawyer new to technology


Parler’s antitrust and breach-of-contract complaint alleges that the refusal by Amazon Web Services to host the site is a politically loaded attack on an upstart’s efforts to compete in the social media arena. — dpa via AP

With Parler’s very existence on the line, its lawyer began with a startling admission to a Seattle federal judge that he’s not on social media and has been trying to quickly get up to speed on the technology.

From there, attorney David J. Groesbeck’s mission to rapidly resuscitate the site went downhill, just days after Amazon.com Inc pulled the plug on its web hosting service over concern that the conservative alternative to Twitter is brimming with violent content.

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