Parler's new owner immediately took the social network offline
, Parler has a new owner... and is out of commission for the time being. Starboard, the owner of pro-conservative news outlets likeParler on a temporary but indefinite basis after completing its acquisition of the social network from Parlement Technologies. The buyer says it will conduct a"strategic assessment" of the platform during the downtime, and hopes to integrate Parler's audience into all its existing channels.
Starboard isn't shy about its strategy. While it still sees a market for communities that believe they've been censored or marginalized, it considers a Parler revamp virtually necessary."No reasonable person believes that a Twitter clone just for conservatives is a viable business any more," the company says.
Parler launched in 2018 as a self-proclaimed free speech alternative to Twitter, which some conservatives
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