The Verge: House leader calls for FBI investigation into Parler. “In a letter sent to FBI Director Christopher Wray, House Oversight Chair Carolyn Maloney (D-NY) called for the bureau to ‘conduct a robust examination of the role that the social media site Parler played’ in the January 6th pro-Trump assault on the Capitol. Maloney said […]
The Guardian: Parler website partially returns with support from Russian-owned technology firm . “On Monday, Parler’s website was reachable again, though only with a message from its chief executive, John Matze, saying he was working to restore functionality. The internet protocol (IP) address it used is owned by DDos-Guard, which is controlled by two Russian […]
CNET: Parler vows to return after Amazon pulls hosting amid concerns over violent posts. “Parler CEO John Matze posted a message to the company’s website over the weekend, promising the Twitter alternative would return after it went dark when Amazon cut off hosting services.”
Techdirt: A Few More Thoughts On The Total Deplatforming Of Parler & Infrastructure Content Moderation. “I’ve delayed writing deeper thoughts on the total deplatforming of Parler, in part because there was so much else happening (including some more timely posts about Parler’s lawsuit regarding it), but more importantly because for years I’ve been calling for […]
Motherboard: Developer Makes Interactive Map of Parler Videos From Capitol Hill Riots. “A developer calling themselves Patr10tic has taken archived versions of videos uploaded by Parler users during the deadly Capitol Hill siege, geolocated them, reuploaded them, and placed them on an interactive map for anybody to watch. The beta project nicknamed ‘Y’all Qaeda’ is […]
NBC News: Google Play suspends Parler until app develops moderation policies. “Google suspended the social media platform Parler on Friday from its Google Play app store until the ‘Twitter for conservatives’ adopts content moderation policies following the attack on the U.S. Capitol by a mob of President Donald Trump supporters.” Parler also faces imminent expulsion […]
New York Times: The storming of Capitol Hill was organized on social media.. “Just after 1 p.m., when President Trump ended his speech to protesters in Washington by calling for them to march on Congress, hundreds of echoing calls to storm the building were made by his supporters online. On social media sites used by […]
Snopes: Was Parler Hacked?. “On Nov. 24, 2020, a rumor started circulating on social media that the right-wing website Parler had been hacked. This rumor, which held that Parler users had their Social Security numbers and private messages stolen, was largely based on a single (since deleted) tweet and a months-old screenshot.”
New York Times: Fact-Checked on Facebook and Twitter, Conservatives Switch Their Apps. “Corey Adam, a political comedian from Minneapolis, joined a mass social media switcheroo last week. That was when Mr. Adam, 39, a conservative and libertarian, watched Twitter and Facebook add labels to social media posts from President Trump and other Republicans who falsely […]
Washington Post: Parler and Gab, two conservative social media sites, keep alleged Russian disinformation up, despite report. “A mysterious European named Leo has offered a stream of familiar — and completely false — right-wing talking points on Parler, a social media site favored by conservatives: Mail-in voting amounts to fraud. Left-wing activists somehow infected President […]
Techdirt: Trumpian Loudmouths Apparently Losing Interest In Parler With No One To Play Victim To. “What a shock. Parler, the site that falsely claimed that it would be the ‘free speech’ alternative to Twitter, but who quickly realized that it was going to have to aggressively ban users as well, is apparently suffering from abandonment.”
Bloomberg: Social Media App Parler, a GOP Darling, Isn’t Catching On. “The app has been downloaded 2.5 million times, and almost half those came last month, according to Sensor Tower, a firm that tracks the mobile app business. While that number is substantial, it’s a small fraction of an app like, say, TikTok, which has […]
CNET: Parler: Everything you need to know about the Twitter alternative for conservatives. “Trump’s campaign has been considering “building audiences” on other social media platforms, including Parler, The Wall Street Journal reported last week. Two days after the Journal article was published, Parler surpassed Twitter and Reddit to become the top-ranked iPhone app in the […]