Parler urges U.S. judge to order Amazon to restore its platform
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"Millions of law-abiding Americans have had their voices
silenced," Groesbeck told U.S. District Judge
Parler is favored by many supporters of U.S. President Donald Trump and claimed more than 12 million users.
Amazon Web Services cut off Parler on Sunday night, saying Parler had shrugged off repeated warnings to remove violent content.
It said this content included calls to assassinate
Democratic House Speaker
"Amazon (AMZN) made the only real choice that it could, which was to suspend the account," she said.
Parler said Amazon (AMZN) had no contractual right to pull the plug and did so in a politically motivated bid to benefit Twitter Inc (TWTR) , a larger Amazon (AMZN) client that Parler said did not censor violent content targeting conservatives.
It wants a temporary court order to be restored to Amazon's (AMZN) servers while it litigates.
Rothstein said she would rule "as quickly as possible."
Apple Inc (AAPL) and Alphabet Inc's (GOOG) Google removed Parler from their app stores after last week's unrest.
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