{"id":370351,"date":"2021-04-01T17:01:52","date_gmt":"2021-04-01T21:01:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=370351"},"modified":"2021-04-01T17:02:12","modified_gmt":"2021-04-01T21:02:12","slug":"gop-sen-lee-rep-buck-press-amazon-apple-google-for-answers-on-parler-suspension","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gop-sen-lee-rep-buck-press-amazon-apple-google-for-answers-on-parler-suspension\/","title":{"rendered":"GOP Sen. Lee, Rep. Buck press Amazon, Apple, Google for answers on Parler suspension"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fgop-sen-lee-rep-buck-press-amazon-apple-google-for-answers-on-parler-suspension%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=370351&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div id=\"attachment_2393299\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\">\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-2393299\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">This illustration picture shows social media application logo from Parler displayed on a smartphone with its website in the background in Arlington, Virginia on July 2, 2020. (Photo by OLIVIER DOULIERY\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h5>OAN Newsroom<br \/>UPDATED 1:45 PM PT \u2013 Thursday, April 1, 2021<\/h5>\n<p>Two Republican lawmakers demanded answers from Amazon, Apple and Google over the removal of the free speech platform Parler. In a letter from Congressman Ken Buck (R-Colo.) and Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah) Wednesday, the lawmakers said the companies\u2019 actions \u201cseemed to lack procedural fairness\u201d and created \u201cthe appearance of close coordination.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">In just 3 days, Apple and Google cut off Parler\u2019s primary distribution channel, and Amazon cut off Parler\u2019s access to computing services, leaving the company completely unable to serve its 15 million users.<\/p>\n<p>Did they communicate on this decision?<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SenMikeLee?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@SenMikeLee<\/a> and I want answers. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/u1hMuopXPm\">pic.twitter.com\/u1hMuopXPm<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Congressman Ken Buck (@RepKenBuck) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RepKenBuck\/status\/1377392719954243591?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 31, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Both Buck and Lee are members of the House and Senate Antitrust Committees and demanded answers by April 15. They want to know how Parler\u2019s account was viewed by the companies as well as who was involved in the final decision to suspend the site.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2393301\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2393301\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-2393301 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/fb_image-193.jpeg\" alt=\"WASHINGTON, DC - JUNE 02: U.S. Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT) speaks at a hearing of the Judiciary Committee examining issues facing prisons and jails during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic on Capitol Hill on June 02, 2020 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Tom Williams-Pool\/Getty Images)\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/fb_image-193.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/fb_image-194.jpeg 315w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/fb_image-195.jpeg 655w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/fb_image-196.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-2393301\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">WASHINGTON, DC \u2013 JUNE 02: U.S. Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT) speaks at a hearing of the Judiciary Committee examining issues facing prisons and jails during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic on Capitol Hill on June 02, 2020 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Tom Williams-Pool\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The move could help Parler build a legal case to return to service.<\/p>\n<h4>MORE NEWS:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/mont-gov-signs-bill-banning-sanctuary-cities-in-state\/\">Mont. Gov. Signs Bill Banning Sanctuary Cities In State<\/a><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This illustration picture shows social media application logo from Parler displayed on a smartphone with its website in the background in Arlington, Virginia on July 2, 2020. (Photo by OLIVIER &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2311540,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/fb_image-193.jpeg","fifu_image_alt":"GOP Sen. Lee, Rep. 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