This week, Parlement Technologies Inc., parent company of right-wing Twitter competitor Parler, announced it had sold the platform—to a company planning to shut it down.
Even for the notoriously volatile tech sector, the conservative social media niche seems to be in a constant state of “easy come, easy go.
” The CEO of Starboard, Parler’s buyer, called the decision to temporarily shutter the network a “breath of fresh air” in an interview with, adding that he is committed to serving “unsupported online communities by building a home for them away from the ad hoc regulatory hand of platforms that hate them.” Parler, which faced scrutiny for its role as a gathering place for members of the Jan.
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