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Amazon Web Services (AWS) is a collection of remote computing services (also called web services) that together make up a cloud computing platform, offered over the Internet by Amazon.com. The most central and well-known of these services are Amazon EC2 and Amazon S3. - Source: Wikipedia

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Amazon Web Services said Parler’s claims had “no merit” and said AWS raised concerns over several weeks and saw an increase in dangerous content.

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