The Deplatforming of Parler & Ar15.com

The deplatforming of Parler.com by Amazon looked far more like political retaliation than good housekeeping, especially after social media’s decision to downgrade the New York Post’s coverage of Hunter Biden in the month leading up to the election.

At the same time, GoDaddy kicked AR15.com, the biggest gun forum in the world, offline.

Instead of offering specifics about kicking the gun site off the internet, GoDaddy merely claimed that AR15.com violated its terms of service, which resulted in instant termination.

“On Monday, January 11, 2021, I received notice from our site registrar that AR15.com had violated their terms of service and that AR15.com would be shut down immediately,” President and Co-Founder of the gun site Juan Avila told The Federalist in a statement. “The registrar’s decision to de-platform AR15.com was final and no method to appeal was offered.”

“It remains unclear specifically what content allegedly violated the registrar’s terms of service,” he added.

When asked by The Federalist about the decision to remove AR15.com, GoDaddy claimed that the site “both promotes and encourages violence,” but did not offer any specific examples.

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