The Freedom Phone, with a very political selection of default apps. [credit: Freedom Phone ] “Nobody elected Mark [Zuckerberg] or Jack [Dorsey] to be the arbiters of truth in America,” declares a man over a chorus of triumphant horns. “Yet they still thought it was OK to ban a sitting president from their platforms. If […]
Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) Parler is about to be re-platformed. The app for the “free speech” social media company will be available once again on Apple’s App Store. Apple reinstated Parler on April 14, according to a letter from Apple to Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah) and Rep. Ken Buck (R-Colo.), which was made public today. […]
Enlarge (credit: Jaap Arriens | NurPhoto | Getty Images) Embattled right-wing social media firm Parler infamously promises its users a laissez-faire approach to “free speech” on its service. As the company now tells Congress, however, Parler apparently does warn federal authorities when it discovers certain kinds of violent content on its platform—and users who flock […]
Enlarge / Parler leadership is a bit shadowy at the moment. (credit: Pavlo Gonchar | SOPA Images | LightRocket | Getty Images) Former Parler CEO John Matze is suing the board of the troubled social media company, alleging that funder Rebekah Mercer and board members she placed engaged in a scheme to steal his share […]
Enlarge / A person browsing Parler in early January, before the site got into a fight with AWS. (credit: Jaap Arriens | NurPhoto | Getty Images) Social media platform Parler has dropped a federal lawsuit alleging Amazon colluded with Twitter to drive a rival offline—but in its place, the platform has filed a new state […]
Enlarge / Parler’s logo. (credit: Getty Images | Smith Collection/Gado) Parler.com is getting back online after being kicked off Amazon’s hosting service, with the controversial social network saying it no longer relies on “Big Tech” for its Web infrastructure. A Parler announcement today said its relaunched website is “built on sustainable, independent technology and not […]
Enlarge / Parler’s logo. (credit: Getty Images | Smith Collection/Gado) A congressional oversight committee is investigating whether Parler has financial ties to Russian entities, citing reports that the right-wing social network “allowed Russian disinformation to flourish” before the election and hosted calls for violence before a Trump-incited mob stormed the Capitol on January 6. The […]
Enlarge / Amazon Web Services (AWS) logo displayed during the 4th edition of the Viva Technology show at Parc des Expositions Porte de Versailles on May 17, 2019, in Paris, France. (credit: Chesnot | Getty Images) A federal judge today rejected Parler’s motion for a preliminary injunction against Amazon Web Services (AWS), scuttling the social […]
Enlarge / A person browsing Parler in early January, back when it had content up other than vague promises to overcome being thrown off the whole Internet and return louder than ever. (credit: Jaap Arriens | NurPhoto | Getty Images) Right-wing social media platform Parler, which has been offline since Amazon Web Services dropped it […]
Enlarge (credit: Jaap Arriens/NurPhoto via Getty Images) Parler may never recover from being banned by Amazon and a number of other technology companies, CEO John Matze told Reuters in a Wednesday interview. “I am an optimist,” he said at one point in the conversation. “It may take days, it may take weeks but Parler will return […]