Other tech companies have also sought to distance themselves from riot participants, including PayPal, which has cut off donations to a website that raised funds for participants in the events as well as a Texas realtor who allegedly livestreamed herself as she entered the Capitol. The company has also suspended its cloud hosting services to Parler, a social media platform popular with right-wing extremists, because the company wasn't adequately moderating posts condoning or encouraging violence. 6 to interrupt Congress while it certified the vote in the 2020 US presidential election. The removal follows Amazon's efforts to crack down on the sale of merchandise that supported the insurrectionists who overpowered police and entered the Capitol building on Jan.

The other charities listed don't have a web presence and couldn't be contacted Monday. 'No IOK members were sent to Washington DC on January 6th nor did IOK leadership ask for volunteers to travel to Washington DC.' The statement went on to disavow white supremacy, racism, violence or any effort to overthrow the US government or violate the US Constitution.

'Indiana Oath Keepers does not and has never sponsored, planned or funded any activities that involve riots, violence or unlawful actions,' the statement said. In a statement on its website, Indiana Oath Keepers said it had no connection to the Capitol riots. Amazon said it works with US Office of Foreign Assets Control and the Southern Poverty Law Center for information on groups that might violate this policy. 'Organizations that engage in, support, encourage, or promote intolerance, hate, terrorism, violence, money laundering, or other illegal activities are not eligible' for the Smile program, Amazon said in a statement Monday. The company said Friday it would remove those groups in addition to the Texas Iii Percent group. CNET identified the two other Oath Keepers groups listed in the Smile program, as well as the Delaware Iii Percent (or Three Percent) group, and asked Amazon for comment. The presence of the militia groups came to light Wednesday when advocacy group Sleeping Giants publicized screenshots from the Indiana Oath Keepers website, which laid out step-by-step directions for supporters who wanted to select the group as a charity in the Smile program.

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