Alternative social media website Parler dropped its lawsuit against Amazon for pushing it offline following the Jan. 6 Capitol riots and former President Donald Trump’s Twitter ban. Parler was offline for more than a month before the website came back in February. According to court documents filed on Tuesday, Parler dropped its case that alleged Amazon Web Services violated antitrust laws and made a politically motivated decision to suspend its services. It also claimed that Amazon dropped Parler to benefit Twitter, which also uses Amazon Web Services. In January, a judge rejected Parler’s suit demanding that Amazon restore services to its platform. Amazon, in response to Parler’s lawsuit, said the platform allegedly ignored warnings to effectively moderate posts that allegedly called for violence. Parler said there is no evidence that it failed to moderate such content, while some observers noted that Twitter allows certain users to post threatening messages and …
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