The platform's new owner has not disclosed when it will return.
‘No reasonable person believes that a Twitter clone just for conservatives is a viable business any more.’Parler, a self-described “unbiased” alternative to mainstream social media networks, is being purchased by a company that will temporarily shut down the platform ahead of a planned relaunch.
Starboard disclosed that the platform will be pulled to undergo a “strategic assessment,” and it suggested. “No reasonable person believes that a Twitter clone just for conservatives is a viable business any more,” the statement says. But it says its newly acquired platform could serve “marginalized or even outright censored communities” and potentially focus on appeal “beyond domestic politics” while benefiting from the user base Parler accrued.
Favored by far-right conservatives for its promises to promote “free speech,” Parler has faced multiple controversies since it was founded in 2018. The service was allegedly among those used to
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