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By Joe Schneider

January 14, 2021 at 12:52 AM UTC

Corrected

January 14, 2021 at 11:54 PM UTC

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President Donald Trump considered signing onto the Twitter alternative Parler, using the pseudonym “Person X,” before the conservative social media platform was shut down, according to its chief executive officer.

Amazon.com Inc.’s web services division cut Parler off Sunday, claiming the social network failed to crack down on posts promoting violence. Twitter Inc., Facebook Inc. and YouTube all suspended Trump’s accounts following last week’s riot at the U.S. Capitol.