Parler Dismisses Federal Suit Against Amazon, Files State Lawsuit

Mealey's (March 16, 2021, 3:50 PM EDT) -- SEATTLE — The same day that Parler LLC voluntarily dismissed an antitrust lawsuit it had filed against Amazon Web Services Inc. (AWS) in Washington federal court, the conservative social media platform operator filed a new lawsuit on March 2 bringing defamation and contract claims against AWS in Washington state court that, like the previous suit, are based on the tech company’s cancellation of its web-hosting services in January....