<p>Parler, a social media app popular among right-wing groups, filed a new lawsuit accusing Amazon.com Inc of trying to destroy its business following the Jan. 6 storming of the US Capitol by supporters of former President Donald Trump.</p>.<p>The lawsuit seeking a variety of damages, including triple damages for anticompetitive conduct, was filed in Washington state court on Tuesday, two weeks after Parler returned online following a monthlong absence.</p>.<p>Parler went dark when Amazon suspended its web-hosting services following the Capitol attack, saying Parler had failed to effectively moderate violent content on its website.</p>.<p>The new lawsuit came as Parler voluntarily dismissed a federal lawsuit against Amazon over that suspension on Tuesday, the deadline to file an amended complaint.</p>.<p>Parler's new lawsuit accused Amazon of a slew of contractual violations, and like the original case said Amazon shut it down to benefit a new client, Twitter Inc.</p>.<p>The app said it was worth $1 billion and about to seek funding when Seattle-based Amazon pulled the plug, costing it tens of millions of users and hundreds of millions of dollars of annual ad revenue.</p>.<p>"When companies are this big, it's easy to be a bully," Parler said, calling itself "a victim of Amazon's efforts to destroy an up-and-coming technology company through deceptive, defamatory, anticompetitive, and bad faith conduct."</p>.<p>An Amazon spokesman said the new claims have no merit, and that it "provides technology and services to customers across the political spectrum."</p>.<p>Parler has said there was a lack of evidence it helped incite the Capitol riot, but the judge in the federal case on Jan. 21 refused to order Amazon to resume services.</p>.<p>The relaunch effectively mooted Parler's claim that Amazon put it out of business.</p>.<p>Parler has said its new platform was built on "sustainable, independent technology."</p>.<p>SkySilk, a Los Angeles-based company, said it was providing private cloud infrastructure.</p>.<p>Google also removed the Parler app from its Play Store and Apple removed it from its App Store. (</p>
<p>Parler, a social media app popular among right-wing groups, filed a new lawsuit accusing Amazon.com Inc of trying to destroy its business following the Jan. 6 storming of the US Capitol by supporters of former President Donald Trump.</p>.<p>The lawsuit seeking a variety of damages, including triple damages for anticompetitive conduct, was filed in Washington state court on Tuesday, two weeks after Parler returned online following a monthlong absence.</p>.<p>Parler went dark when Amazon suspended its web-hosting services following the Capitol attack, saying Parler had failed to effectively moderate violent content on its website.</p>.<p>The new lawsuit came as Parler voluntarily dismissed a federal lawsuit against Amazon over that suspension on Tuesday, the deadline to file an amended complaint.</p>.<p>Parler's new lawsuit accused Amazon of a slew of contractual violations, and like the original case said Amazon shut it down to benefit a new client, Twitter Inc.</p>.<p>The app said it was worth $1 billion and about to seek funding when Seattle-based Amazon pulled the plug, costing it tens of millions of users and hundreds of millions of dollars of annual ad revenue.</p>.<p>"When companies are this big, it's easy to be a bully," Parler said, calling itself "a victim of Amazon's efforts to destroy an up-and-coming technology company through deceptive, defamatory, anticompetitive, and bad faith conduct."</p>.<p>An Amazon spokesman said the new claims have no merit, and that it "provides technology and services to customers across the political spectrum."</p>.<p>Parler has said there was a lack of evidence it helped incite the Capitol riot, but the judge in the federal case on Jan. 21 refused to order Amazon to resume services.</p>.<p>The relaunch effectively mooted Parler's claim that Amazon put it out of business.</p>.<p>Parler has said its new platform was built on "sustainable, independent technology."</p>.<p>SkySilk, a Los Angeles-based company, said it was providing private cloud infrastructure.</p>.<p>Google also removed the Parler app from its Play Store and Apple removed it from its App Store. (</p>