Parler, the conservative-owned social media platform, is suing Amazon Web Services (AWS) for disabling its site. In the eighteen-page lawsuit, the company alleges hosting service Amazon violated antitrust law and breached their contractual agreement.

Like dominoes, fellow giant social media platforms followed Amazon and banned Parler on Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, Google Play, and Apple.

Parler became the darling of far-right and conspiracy-leaning Trump followers after Trump disengaged from Fox News after the media company admitted the president had lost the presidential race.

Calling itself "the world's premier free speech platform," Parler has offered a home for conspiracy-supporting, angry comments and strong calls for violence, mostly from Trump supporters.

Parler became the go-to social media platform for MAGA supporters and conspiracy theorists who believe the presidential election was somehow rigged, despite facts proving the contrary. Parler has also been the popular, public way for Trump supporters to communicate their anger and plans of protests that tragically morphed into a deadly riot last week at the US Capitol.

Yesterday, as Parler sued Amazon, the FBI warned all 50 states that armed attacks were being planned on social media by armed anti-government Americans.

As the violent threats were being released to the public yesterday, Parler was filing its civil suit alleging its suspension from Amazon's hosting service violated antitrust law and breached its contractual arrangement.

The lawsuit was filed in Amazon’s corporate hometown at the US District Court in Seattle. The civil complaint requests a temporary restraining order, preliminary injunctive relief, and damages.

The suit alleges Amazon is showing favoritism towards Twitter, who last month, as the complaint claims, “signed a multi-year deal so that AWS could support the daily delivery of millions of tweets. AWS currently provides that same service to Parler, a conservative microblogging alternative and competitor to Twitter.”

Reasons for banning Parler have recently multiplied, centering around its lack of policing incendiary violent anti-government and specific violent threats to politicians.

Specifically, after the violent events on January 6 when mobs stormed the Capitol, leaving 5 people dead, Parler has been under deep scrutiny due to the communications on its platform of many who attended and participated in the D.C. riots.

Yet even with a ban on Amazon, Twitter, Facebook, Youtube, Apple, and Google Play, Parler’s popularity is still on the rise.

Until Apple's new Parler ban, it had recently become the number one App on Apple. According to TechCrunch.com, “Parler saw approximately 210,000 installs globally on Friday 1/8, up 281% from approximately 55,000 on 1/7…In the U.S., the app saw approximately 182,000 first-time downloads on 1/8, up 355% from about 40,000 installs on 1/7. Since Wednesday, the app has seen approximately 268,000 installs from across U.S. app stores.”

Parler’s lawsuit charges Amazon “stated the reason for the (Twitter) suspension was that AWS was not confident Parler could properly police its platform regarding content that encourages or incites violence against others. However, Friday night one of the top trending tweets on Twitter was “Hang Mike Pence.” But AWS has no plans nor has it made any threats to suspend Twitter’s account.”

In response, Amazon published a blistering statement noting, “There is no merit to these claims. AWS provides technology and services to customers across the political spectrum, and we respect Parler’s right to determine for itself what content it will allow.

“However, it is clear that there is significant content on Parler that encourages and incites violence against others, and that Parler is unable or unwilling to promptly identify and remove this content, which is a violation of our terms of service.

“We made our concerns known to Parler over a number of weeks and during that time we saw a significant increase in this type of dangerous content, not a decrease, which led to our suspension of their services Sunday evening.”

With the inauguration of Joe Biden a week away, a concerned nation watches. The credible threats of armed insurrection in all fifty states have also created deep security revisions to the presidential inauguration on January 20.

With Parler gone and thousands of determined, armed anti-government groups planning to show up at 50 US capitols on January 20, how they will communicate remains a mystery.