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The CEO of far-right social media site Gab said it was under attack from 'demon hackers.' The hacker threatened to leak passwords and private messages from 15,000 users.
"Hacktivist" JaXpArO created a dataset of more than 40 million posts from Gab, the social media sit…
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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Alt-right extremists have been getting riled up online watching the January 6 hearings: experts
January 6 hearing days correspond to spikes in conspiracy theories on Telegram, Gab, 4Chan, and oth…
Laura Italiano
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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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In court documents about the pro-Trump riots at the Capitol, Facebook is cited far more than any other social network
In court documents about 223 people arrested in connection with the attempted insurrection, Faceboo…
Ben Gilbert
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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 registered 7,029 new users per minute during the November election, say Stanford researchers
Researchers at Stanford University on Thursday published findings about Parler users, saying the ap…
Kevin Shalvey
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A former US ambassador is taking Google and Apple to court for hosting messaging service Telegram on their app stores
Far-right activists and conspiracy theorists have widely advertised their presence on Telegram.
Martin Coulter
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Wimkin's founder says his company is being treated unfairly after its app was removed by Google and Apple app stores
Alternative social media network Wimkin saw a 20% spike in users in before Google removed it from i…
Kevin Shalvey
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A Seattle court rejected Parler's legal effort to force Amazon to bring it back online
The court is not dismissing Parler's claims, but said the platform failed to demonstrate how the in…
Allana Akhtar
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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 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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Apple CEO Tim Cook says Parler could return to the App Store 'if they get their moderation together'
"We don't consider that free speech and incitement to violence has an intersection," Cook said on F…
Tim Levin
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What happened last week? Biden introduced a $1.9 trillion stimulus plan, Parler sued Amazon, and Loews Hotels cancelled a fundraiser for a senator.
What happened last week? Biden introduced a $1.9 trillion stimulus plan, Parler sued Amazon, and Lo…
Kevin Shalvey
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Parler attracted senior members of the UK government before it shut down, according to reports
More than a dozen conservative UK politicians had joined Parler before the social network went offl…
Kevin Shalvey
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Wimkin, a free speech network, says it was hit with a 'massive' DDoS attack after being banned from Apple's App Store
Hackers are being blamed for a DDoS attack on Wimkin after Apple and Google removed its app. The ne…
Kevin Shalvey
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Oklahoma, Wyoming, and West Virginia had the highest rate of Parler users leading up to the Capitol Siege, new data shows
The company behind the data says understanding mobile usage patterns can help identify shifts in be…
Grace Kay
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Parler claims it was also dropped by Slack after Amazon and other tech giants cut ties with the controversial social media company
Parler CEO John Matze claimed in a lawsuit against Amazon that Slack had "canceled their services" …
Tyler Sonnemaker
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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…