Parler

Parler social networking app, favoured by the right-wing in the US, is to be acquired by controversial rapper Ye (Kanye West)

“Ye is making a groundbreaking move into the free speech media space and will never have to fear being removed from social media again.” But behind the scenes Parler Essentially QAnon touts there is a worldwide Now Parler is being acquired by Kayne West (Ye), who Parler said has become the richest Black man in history through music and fashion clothing. [founder and CEO John Matze was fired](https://www.silicon.co.uk/e-management/lay-off/parler-ceo-fired-by-board-of-directors-381708) by the app’s board of directors. [storming of the US Capitol building on Wednesday 6 January 2021](https://www.silicon.co.uk/e-marketing/socialmedia/twitter-facebook-block-trump-after-four-die-349890) by supporters of Donald Trump, that resulted in the deaths of five people, including one police officer who was beaten to death, Google and Apple [ removed Parler from their respective App Stores](https://www.silicon.co.uk/mobility/mobile-apps/apples-tim-cook-defends-parler-suspension-350115) after it emerged that many rioters used the app. [cabal of Satan-worshipping paedophiles](https://www.silicon.co.uk/e-management/social-laws/twitter-suspends-70000-accounts-qanon-349977) who rule the world, and who control politicians, the media, and Hollywood. [reportedly awash](https://www.silicon.co.uk/e-marketing/socialmedia/twitter-suspends-accounts-tweeting-qanon-conspiracy-content-346497/amp) with [ QAnon conspiracy content](https://www.silicon.co.uk/e-marketing/socialmedia/youtube-ban-qanon-conspiracy-theory-348386). Parler was founded in 2018 and billed itself as a “free speech-driven” social media platform, but it quickly became a haven for many on the far right in the US who objected to the rules governing misinformation and falsehood on Facebook and Twitter. Parler social networking app, favoured by the right-wing in the US, is to be acquired by controversial rapper Ye (Kanye West) [announced](https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/ye-formerly-known-as-kanye-west-to-acquire-parler-platform-301650579.html) that it has entered into an agreement in principle to sell Parler to Ye (formerly known as Kanye West). Parler is the Twitter-like social media app popular with the far right in the US.

The controversial rapper, fashion designer, and firebrand Kanye West, who has been accused of being racist for his divisive cultural and political comments, ...

As part of the agreement, Parler’s parent firm will provide technical support as well as access to its private cloud services. “Once again, Ye proves that he is one step ahead of the legacy media narrative. West, who now goes by Ye, will purchase the website for an undisclosed sum of money.

Ye, formerly known as Kanye West, said he was motivated to acquire the conservative social media service Parler by his belief that existing platforms like ...

Billionaire Elon Musk, who has an agreement to buy Twitter for US$44-billion, says he spoke with Ye last week after Twitter froze his account. The rapper and designer was recently restricted from posting on some major social media platforms for violating their content policies. “People had talked about it and mentioned this idea for years, but enough was enough.”

Parler is one of several right-wing-friendly social media platforms to emerge in the Donald Trump era. Ye said in a statement released by Parler: “In a world ...

"The proposed acquisition will assure Parler a future role in creating an uncancelable ecosystem where all voices are welcome," said Parlement Technologies CEO ...

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Kanye West has agreed to buy Parler, the social media service that promotes itself as the “premiere global free speech platform”, though critics see it more ...

The terms of the proposed transaction would include ongoing technical support from Parlement and the use of private cloud services via Parlement’s private cloud and data centre infrastructure”. Once again, Ye proves that he is one step ahead of the legacy media narrative. Though – like other companies that have set up social media services with minimal filtering – Parler’s avid userbase is much more niche when compared to the social media giants. Critics also reckon that, on the quiet, Parler does quite a lot of content filtering. Meanwhile, the full and somewhat controversial interview he did with the Drink Champs podcast was removed from YouTube. This website uses cookies so that we can provide you with the best user experience possible.

Parent company Parlement Technologies said that it will provide private cloud and data center support for Parler following the deal. DCD has contacted the ...

Once again, Ye proves that he is one step ahead of the legacy media narrative. DCD has contacted the company for clarification (Update: A company spokesperson told DCD that "all other products remain with Parlement." Parent company Parlement Technologies said that it will provide private cloud and data center support for Parler following the deal.

Kanye West told Bloomberg that Parler would be for people like him who have been penalized by bigger platforms like Twitter and Instagram.

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Parler has struggled amid competition from other conservative-friendly platforms like Truth Social. Read more at Boston.com.

A month after the attack, Parler announced a [relaunch](https://apnews.com/article/parler-announces-re-launch-cc939eb743cc46d63d5118357778c662). [kicked offline in January 2021 ](https://apnews.com/article/google-apple-amazon-parler-app-367b6dff19026c3811651aa01bde58f2)over its ties to the deadly insurrection at the U.S. Overall, including people outside the U.S., Parler still failed to reach the 1 million mark in the first half of this year. None of them come close to Twitter, which reported that it had a daily average of about 237.8 million active users during its most recent quarter. are political in nature, but these are mainly sent my a small subset of mostly older people. In one post on Twitter, Ye said he would soon go “death con 3 on JEWISH PEOPLE,” according to internet archive records, making an apparent reference to the U.S. That’s down from 5.2 million in the first half of 2021. Parler restructured its business last month to form Parlement Technologies, which it said aims to become the “world’s premier free speech technology infrastructure and platform.” This means that rather than running a single platform such as Parler, the company wants to provide services to other niche sites that are often deemed too extreme for mainstream tech companies to support. Parlement Technologies, which owns Parler, and West said Monday the acquisition should be completed in the fourth quarter, but the price and other details were not disclosed. for the first half of this year, according to Data.ai, which tracks mobile app usage. Ye was blocked from posting on Twitter and Instagram a week ago over antisemitic posts that the social networks said violated their policies. If the libertarian and far-right users who left Twitter — either because they felt it was constricting to their political views or because they were kicked off — return, sites like Parler, Gab and Trump’s Truth Social could end up losing users.

Rapper Kanye West speaks during a meeting in the Oval Office with President Trump on Oct. 11, 2018. (Evan Vucci/AP). By Anousha ...

“Through West’s efforts, Parler has the potential to become more mainstream,” Edwards said. Its ranking tumbled from third place among social/micro blogging apps in the U.S. Capitol, saying the company hadn’t done enough to curb threats to safety. “While Parler has always prohibited violent or other rights-violating content, we agree with Nadine Strossen and other scholars that ‘objectionable’ but otherwise lawful speech is best addressed by allowing or encouraging more speech.” Edwards, executive director, Texas Social Media Research Institute at Tarleton State University. in the first half of 2021 to 10th in the first half of this year. Launched in 2018, Parler is based in Nashville. Apple and Google last year removed Parler from their app stores following the deadly Jan. “People had talked about it and mentioned this idea for years, but enough was enough.” “People who have never heard of the social media platform will flock to it, merely out of curiosity.” “Parler’s content policies are based on the principle of individual rights — including everyone’s inalienable rights to speak freely and think for themselves,” Amy Peikoff, head of policy and legal at Parler, said in a statement. [, agreed to a deal in principle](https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/music/story/2022-10-16/kanye-west-antisemitism-adidas-def-jam-caa-the-gap-tucker-carlson-kardashian) to sell itself to the controversial rapper and fashion designer, the company [said](https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/ye-formerly-known-as-kanye-west-to-acquire-parler-platform-301650579.html) Monday.

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if you are an honest person, you did not think this tweet was antisemitic.” (If I’m honest, I think it was.) The Farmer-Owens-West connection has led a number of people to [suspect](https://twitter.com/SethAbramson/status/1582009265602015239?s=20&t=udiZAuSrujiRDgOf3PlPZQ) that the Parler acquisition was a [brilliant manoeuvre](https://spectatorworld.com/topic/candace-owens-cashing-kanye-west-parler/) on Owens’ part to get West to redistribute some of his wealth to her family. Elon Musk said he was buying Twitter then said he wasn’t buying Twitter and now [seems to be buying Twitter](https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2022/oct/05/what-elon-musk-might-do-with-twitter-deal-buy) again. In a statement, it said West is [making](https://www.cnn.com/2022/10/17/tech/kanye-west-ye-parler/index.html) “a groundbreaking move into the free speech media space and will never have to fear being removed from social media again”. When she’s not dreaming about liberating Australia, Owens is busy palling around with West; the pair recently wore “ [White Lives Matter”](https://www.cnn.com/2022/10/07/entertainment/tucker-carlson-kanye-west/index.html) shirts at Paris fashion week. What is keeping me up at night, however, is the rightward drift of more mainstream platforms such as CNN. You guys have toyed with me and tried to black ball anyone whoever opposes your agenda.” This is obviously indefensible, but Owens did her best, [saying on her podcast](https://www.newsweek.com/jewish-groups-slam-candace-owens-saying-kanye-west-comments-not-anti-semitic-1750782): “If you’re an honest person, when you read this tweet, you had no idea what the hell he was talking about … The musician, who has been moving dramatically to the [right in recent years](https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/oct/14/kanye-west-keeps-moving-further-and-further-to-the-right-why?CMP=fb_gu&utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Facebook&fbclid=IwAR3HJdx5Es0x-ebHQ7eiHjPlYPL_QPzck-CahjNQi32MrMO4vmLm9XHWhE8#Echobox=1665909035), had his Twitter and Instagram accounts locked this month because of antisemitic comments. [pundit who once suggested](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/oct/22/rightwing-us-pundit-candace-owens-compares-australian-government-to-the-taliban-calling-it-a-tyrannical-police-state-) the US military invade Australia in order to free its people “suffering under a totalitarian regime”. [bigoted](https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/oct/14/kanye-west-keeps-moving-further-and-further-to-the-right-why) things, is [buying Parler](https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2022/oct/17/kanye-west-to-buy-right-wing-social-network-parler), a social network designed especially for people who like to say bigoted things. While it may look suspiciously like they’re too fragile to deal with other people’s opinions, conservatives always couch their obsession with building echo chambers in terms of “free speech”. of our tech overlords](https://www.reuters.com/article/parler-funding-mercer/social-media-platform-parler-gets-backing-from-mercer-family-wsj-idUSKBN27V020)”; it had a brief moment of popularity [then that fizzled out](https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2020-07-15/social-media-app-parler-a-gop-darling-isn-t-catching-on). [changed](https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-58965500) his name to Ye, is interested in Parler, which, one imagines, may soon change its name to Er.

The rapper formerly known as Kanye West is offering to buy right-wing friendly social network Parler.

Overall, including people outside the U.S., Parler still failed to reach the 1 million mark in the first half of this year. It was kicked offline in January 2021 over its ties to the deadly insurrection at the U.S. None of them come close to Twitter, which reported that it had a daily average of about 237.8 million active users during its most recent quarter. are political in nature, but these are mainly sent my a small subset of mostly older people. That's down from 5.2 million in the first half of 2021. In one post on Twitter, Ye said he would soon go “death con 3 on JEWISH PEOPLE,” according to internet archive records, making an apparent reference to the U.S. for the first half of this year, according to Data.ai, which tracks mobile app usage. Parler restructured its business last month to form Parlement Technologies, which it said aims to become the “world’s premier free speech technology infrastructure and platform." Parlement Technologies, which owns Parler, and West said Monday the acquisition should be completed in the fourth quarter, but the price and other details were not disclosed. Ye was blocked from posting on Twitter and Instagram a week ago over antisemitic posts that the social networks said violated their policies. Parler had an average of 725,000 monthly active users in the U.S. If the libertarian and far-right users who left Twitter — either because they felt it was constricting to their political views or because they were kicked off — return, sites like Parler, Gab and Trump's Truth Social could end up losing users.

One week ago, Kanye West was temporarily suspended from Twitter for posting antisemitic tweets. Now, the rapper has agreed to acquire Parler, an alternative ...

(Following the Parler announcement, Musk [tweeted](https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1582100139526983680), and later deleted, “fun times ahead!” along with a meme showing the two men’s smiling faces superimposed over a cartoon.) Conservative users uninterested in politics may also avoid the alternative platforms because of other objectionable content they host, according to experts who study the space. That could only make it harder to compete with a Musk-owned Twitter. [chaotic business dealings](https://www.cnn.com/2022/09/15/business/kanye-west-gap-termination) — may have wanted to acquire Parler, a platform that’s been home to election denialism, antisemitism and adherents to the conspiracy theory QAnon. Radio personality Joe Rogan — who previously discussed a move to Gettr — said in a “In a world where conservative opinions are considered to be controversial we have to make sure we have the right to freely express ourselves,” he said. In a [slide deck](https://tmtgcorp.com/company-overview/), Trump’s digital media company touted the ambitious possibility of creating not just alternatives to the major social media platforms but also to cloud computing products like Amazon Web Services and payment service Stripe. But even with app store approvals, large marketers tend to shy away from running ads alongside content that even whiffs of controversy. For starters, the audience for these alternative platforms remains far smaller than the mainstream services they are competing with. West also discussed his planned Parler takeover with Trump, a source familiar with the conversation told CNN Monday, although it was unclear if the two spoke before or after the news of the rapper’s acquisition was made public. [temporarily suspended](https://www.cnn.com/2022/10/09/entertainment/kanye-west-twitter-account-locked) from Twitter for posting antisemitic tweets. Separately, Peter Thiel, an influential venture capitalist and Republican donor, invested in Rumble, a conservative alternative to YouTube.

Earlier this month West and friend Candace Owens wore 'White Lives Matter' T-shirts, causing a stir at Paris Fashion Week. She happens to be married to the ...

Overall, including people outside the US, Parler still failed to reach the 1 million mark in the first half of this year. A month after the attack, Parler announced a relaunch. None of them come close to Twitter, which reported that it had a daily average of about 237.8 million active users during its most recent quarter. are political in nature, but these are mainly sent by a small subset of mostly older people. That's down from 5.2 million in the first half of 2021. Parlement Technologies, which owns Parler, and West said Monday the acquisition should be completed in the fourth quarter, but the price and other details were not disclosed. This is the audience Ye's Parler would have to be courting if the rapper is serious about growing Parler's user base. [made it clear](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aICgV00yFBs) he would like to loosen Twitter's rules and content-moderation efforts, including reinstating the account of former President Donald Trump. for the first half of this year, according to Data.ai, which tracks mobile app usage. In one post on Twitter, Ye said he would soon go “death con 3 on JEWISH PEOPLE,” according to internet archive records, making an apparent reference to the US defence readiness condition scale known as DEFCON. This means that rather than running a single platform such as Parler, the company wants to provide services to other niche sites that are often deemed too extreme for mainstream tech companies to support. Parler had an average of 725,000 monthly active users in the US.

Kanye West, now legally known as Ye, announced that he would buy Parler, an alternative social media platform, in a surprise move that has sparked both ...

Executives pitched the move as a pivot to “uncancelable infrastructure,” although many saw it as a prelude to dumping the Parler social platform altogether. Parler’s email list, one of its most immediately monetizable assets, has been used for months to share a regular cadence of chumbox-like sponsored messages. The current featured collection — a series of tokenized portraits of the conservative commentator Brandon Tatum priced at $50 each — has sold only three tokens. But the move comes at a perilous time for Parler, which has seen months of stagnating usage and at least one attempt to find a buyer for the platform before Ye. The service currently maintains around 50,000 daily active users, a source familiar told The Verge, compared to hundreds of millions for even moderately sized networks like Twitter and Snapchat. One prospective buyer described Parlement’s asking price for the platform as wildly inflated, and said they were stunned by the site’s low number of daily active users.