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The social media platform was booted offline in January after the Capitol Hill insurrection.Social media platform Parler announced its return to the internet on Monday, more than a month after it was&nbsp;&nbsp;for allowing inflammatory posts about the .The alternative, which had become a haven for racist and right-wing extremist content, was forced offline in January when Web Services cut services to it. It wasn't immediately clear who is hosting the relaunched site, though pointed to cloud hosting company SkySilk. The Los Angeles-based company didn't immediately respond to a request for comment.Editors' top picksSubscribe to CNET Now for the day's most interesting reviews, news stories and videos.Parler said in a statement the new site is built on "sustainable, independent technology and not reliant on so-called 'Big Tech' for its operations."The company, which has been without a CEO for two weeks, is now being led on an interim basis by Mark Meckler, who had been part of the "executive committee" running the company after by the board in January.The action by AWS to boot Parler offline in mid-January followed decisions by and to stop distributing the social network's . Amazon said it took the action because Parler wasn't moderating posts from .The moves by tech giants to distance themselves from Parler came amid growing concerns that the service could be used to promote more violence in the wake of the&nbsp;, who whipped them up at a rally. Talk of guns and violence was widespread in Parler discussions ahead of the march on the Capitol, which was organized to support the president's baseless claims that the November election had been stolen from him.Parler did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

The social media platform was booted offline in January after the Capitol Hill insurrection.Social media platform Parler announced its return to the internet on Monday, more than a month after it was&nbsp;&nbsp;for allowing inflammatory posts about the .The alternative, which had become a haven for racist and right-wing extremist content, was forced offline in January when Web Services cut services to it. It wasn't immediately clear who is hosting the relaunched site, though pointed to cloud hosting company SkySilk. The Los Angeles-based company didn't immediately respond to a request for...

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