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The CEO literally was personally banning anyone who posted anything left-wing, and yet claims that he's for "free speech". It's laughable. If he wasn't cynical
by ggggtez 6y ago
The CEO literally was personally banning anyone who posted anything left-wing, and yet claims that he's for "free speech". It's laughable.
If he wasn't cynically cashing in, then he's not a very deep thinker either.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/abrambrown/2020/06/27/parlers-founder-explains-why-he-built-trumps-new-favorite-social-media-app/ https://www.forbes.com/sites/abrambrown/2020/06/27/parlers-f...
They literally welcomed pro-saudi comment farms to their service as well:
“The nationalist movement of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has made it known that big tech is censoring them at rates we have never experienced in the United States,” Parler wrote in a post on its own account on the site. “Let us welcome them as we all fight for our rights together.”
Reminder: Saudi crown prince, Mohammad bin Salman, ordered the assassination of a US journalist not that long ago. So, in a sense, Parler is really the social network of choice for dictators and extremists.
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-twitter-saudi-politics/unhappy-at-twitter-thousands-of-saudis-crash-pro-trump-social-network-idUSKCN1TE32S https://www.reuters.com/article/us-twitter-saudi-politics/un...
- weare138 6y agoParler is also financially backed by the Mercer family, who are conservative mega-donors and right wing political activists. https://www.reuters.com/article/parler-funding-mercer/social-media-platform-parler-gets-backing-from-mercer-family-wsj-idUSKBN27V020 https://www.reuters.com/article/parler-funding-mercer/social...
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- baybal2 6y agoSaudi watanjies joining the fray? That's a complete tragicomedy now.
- vfclists 6y agoTwitter is also the service of choice of US Presidents who order drone strikes against innocents abroad.