How AWS and Other Cloud Providers Became the Internet’s Most Powerful Moderators

In another era, Parler would have owned its servers—and remained online

Owen Williams
OneZero
Published in
4 min readJan 15, 2021

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When Amazon Web Services decided to stop hosting the alt-right social network Parler last week following the insurrection at the Capitol, it looked like the site was doomed to go offline.

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Owen Williams
OneZero

Fascinated by how code and design is shaping the world. I write about the why behind tech news. Design Manager in Tech. https://twitter.com/ow