The social network, Parler, a network that mimics Twitter, was for a while the number one app in Apple’s app store and Gab, another conservative-backed service, claimed that it was seeing an explosion in the number of signups to its web-based platform as well. Parler’s ballooning user base came at a perilous time for the company. It was removed from Google’s  Play store and Apple also suspended the social media app. Amazon Web Services removed the app so for a few days has the app been non-existing.

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