But just a few days ago, the ad was working fine on my phone.

The Social Media network favored by US conservatives had been surging in popularity.

It was even charting as three US APP stores most popular free app after Twitter band president Donald Trump from its platform permanently.

I don't care about Twitter.

Twitter is bad news.

They're all bad news.

But since Saturday, this is all I've been able to see and new users can't downloaded at all.

It's been banned from Apple's APP store and Google and Amazon has stopped hosting its businesses, effectively taking the upstart social media service offline.

But what is parlor and why has it been taken off line?

Parlor's styles itself as a quote free, speech driven space.

It was founded in 2018 and has largely attracted US conservatives who disagree with content restrictions on added platforms like Twitter and Facebook.

Before Saturday, you would have seen a big red welcome sign reading, read news, Speak free, imposed from conservative thinkers and celebrities in January, Parlow said it has over 12 million registered users.

Trump himself doesn't have a verified parlor account, but his team Trump campaign does, as do Trump's allies, such as attorney Rudy Giuliani, the president's son, Eric Trump, and prominent Republicans, including Senator Ted Cruz.

In November, conservative activist Rebecca Mercer confirmed that her family, including her father and hedge fund investor Robert Mercer, have provided funding to Parlor.

So why has it been taken offline?

The site effectively went dark after amazon dot com suspended its Web hosting services.

Before that, suspensions by Apple and Google had already meant potential new users were unable to download the APP.

The tech giants say parlor wasn't doing enough to prevent posts inciting violence.

It all follows the unrest at the US Capitol by Trump supporters.

This information, researchers say far right groups at the riot maintain a vigorous online presence on alternative platforms, including Parlor.

The company's chief executive, John Mates, has said the company quote does not condone or accept violence on its platform.

Parlor is now suing Amazon for what it calls an illegal and politically motivated decision to shut it down.