The Telegram spokesperson added that Telegram “was created by people who had to leave Russia because of restrictions on freedom and privacy.”

Amazon will remove Parler from its cloud hosting service, Amazon Web Services, Sunday evening, effectively kicking it off of the public internet after mounting pressure from the public and Amazon employees.

Apple notified Parler of its decision in a message that said it had violated the company's app store terms.

The case, Epic Games v. Apple, is expected to go to trial next May.

The Commerce Department gave the companies an additional week to finalize a deal before an order banning TikTok from U.S. app stores takes effect, citing “recent positive developments.”