Judge denies request for Amazon to immediately restore Parler

A federal judge turned down Parler’s request for a court order that would have forced Amazon Web Services to immediately resume hosting the social media platform.

U.S. District Court Judge Barbara Rothstein wrote in the decision that Parler’s claims “at this time are both inaccurate and unsupported.”

Amazon’s decision to drop Parler after the deadly insurrection at the Capitol Jan. 6 left the platform dark until this past Sunday, when a nonfunctional homepage appeared back on the web along with a note from the company’s CEO John Matze saying that a return was “inevitable.”

INVESTIGATION COMING: House Oversight and Reform Committee Chairwoman Carolyn Maloney (D-N.Y.) is requesting that the FBI look into Parler’s role in fomenting the Capitol riot.

In addition, Maloney said Thursday that a broader investigation of websites that may promote violence is forthcoming from her committee.

Parler was rife with posts about storming the Capitol in the run-up to Jan. 6. Some Parler users have been arrested in connection to the insurrection, with their posts being used as evidence.