The website of the social network Parler, which is particularly popular with right-wing extremists and right-wing extremists, is partially online again and the platform should be back online before the end of the month. At least he was “confident” in this regard, Parler boss John Matze assured Fox News. At the moment the service only consists of a static website with a few statements. After Amazon Web Services terminated Parler and thus kicked it off the net, the company secured the services of companies with very dubious references for its return to the Internet.

Kicked out of the net Parler had come under fire after it became increasingly clear to what extent the attack on the US Capitol there was on January 6 had been prepared. Many users then reported live on the platform from the Capitol and uploaded videos, probably also because they were not aware of any criminal offense. There are now more and more investigations against the attackers. Parler, which acts as a haven for freedom of expression, had meanwhile been banned from the respective app stores by Apple and Google. Then Amazon had also canceled a contract to use AWS, whereupon Parler went completely offline. Previously, hackers had tapped a lot of user data.

For the return, Parler has now secured the services of Epik, among other things. The US domain registrar keeps popping up when dubious internet services seek refuge. This applies to the controversial image board 8chan, for example, and the neo-Nazi website “The Daily Stormer” was a customer. In addition, Parler is now also a customer of a company called DDos-Guard, reports Reuters. It is operated by two Russians and also does business with the 8chan successor, 8kun. So Parler has alternatives when it comes to the network infrastructure, but whether the app will also be available in the app stores is still unclear. In any case, there is still no telling whether users will want to return to the network at all after the hacker attack revealed their negligent handling of user data.

(mho )