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Former Parler CEO John Matze launched a GoFundMe page to crowdfund his legal fees
The fundraiser comes after Matze said he was pushed out by Parler's board. Congress is investigatin…
Annabelle Williams
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Former Parler CEO John Matze has sued the social-media site and conservative megadonor Rebekah Mercer, accusing them of wrongly ousting him and taking his 40% stake
John Matze's lawsuit claims Rebekah Mercer used Parler to advance her own political interests, and …
Grace Dean
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Parler claims it was valued at $1 billion before its web host Amazon brought it offline
Amazon brought Parler offline in January, which Parler says caused it to lose millions of users and…
Grace Dean
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Parler's new web host SkySilk says it 'may disagree' with some posts on the social-media site, but that it wants to protect free speech
Hosting Parler is "not a matter of SkySilk endorsing the message, but rather, the right of the mess…
Grace Dean
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Congress is investigating reports that Trump representatives held discussions with Parler about him taking a 40% ownership stake in the app
A House committee has asked Parler to send information about the company's Russian ties, stakeholde…
Grace Dean
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Ex-Parler CEO said he didn't want the platform to work with Trump because the president might have 'bullied' employees into doing what he wanted
The interview aired after BuzzFeed News reported that Parler had offered Trump a 40% stake in excha…
Kelsey Vlamis
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Parler's former CEO says he was fired for wanting to moderate right-wing extremism on the platform
John Mazte says his firing was due to a disagreement with conservative donor Rebekah Mercer, who co…
Annabelle Williams
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Parler was rejected by at least 6 large providers to host it after Amazon took it offline
Parler lacked the resources to host the site itself, its CEO John Matze said. The hardware alone wo…
Grace Dean
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Parler's partial return is supported by a Russian tech firm with links to racist and conspiracy-theory sites
Parler's new static webpage uses an internet protocol address owned by DDoS-Guard, which Parler cri…
Grace Dean,Reuters
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Parler's CEO John Matze is 'confident' the controversial social-media platform will fully return by the end of January, after Amazon booted it offline
Parler went offline after being dropped by Amazon Web Services, and has since returned as a static …
Grace Dean
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Parler's CEO says the app may shut down permanently after getting booted from Amazon Web Services
"It could be never," John Matze told Reuters when asked when Parler would return. "We don't know ye…
Allana Akhtar
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Parler - a social media app that was used to organize the attack on the US Capitol - needs to step up moderation to get back on the iPhone, Apple CEO Tim Cook says
Apple CEO Tim Cook said Parler has "some issues with moderation" and "they need to step it" if the …
Ben Gilbert
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Parler has removed a violent comment about Mike Pence by pro-Trump lawyer Lin Wood
Social network Parler removed several of Lin Wood's posts, including one that featured a violent co…
Kevin Shalvey
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Parler's CEO John Matze responded angrily after Jack Dorsey endorsed Apple's removal of the social network favored by conservatives
John Matze and Jack Dorsey, the CEOs of Parler and Twitter were at at odds with each other, and pos…
Kevin Shalvey
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Parler offered Trump's company 40% ownership of the app to make it his go-to social media platform
Trump representatives discussed a deal with Parler where the president would post there four hours …
Tyler Sonnemaker
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Parler CEO John Matze says he's been fired by the company's Rebekah Mercer-controlled board
Matze said he "did not participate in this decision," Fox Business reported. Parler has come under …
Tyler Sonnemaker
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Parler's CEO fled his home and went into hiding after receiving death threats and security breaches, a court filing says
Conservatives told Trump supporters to use Parler after the president was banned from Twitter follo…
Sarah Al-Arshani
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Trump wanted to join Parler and call himself 'Person X' before it shut down, according to the CEO of the social-media app
Parler CEO John Matze has accused Amazon Web Services of sending Parler offline in part to deny Pre…
Grace Dean
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Kanye West to buy right-wing social-media platform Parler, owner says
Parler owner Parlement Technologies said the deal would help create "an uncancelable ecosystem wher…
Beatrice Nolan
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Trump reps reportedly told Parler he'd become an active member of the right-wing platform if it banned his critics, but it refused
Trump reps proposed he join Parler in return for 40% of its revenue and a ban on his critics. Parle…