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Parler’s owner laid off most of its staff and executives in recent weeks, according to a report yesterday by The Verge. Parlement Technologies, owner of the self-described “free speech” social network ...

The Jan. 6 committee has a subpoena for the former head of the pro-MAGA social network Parler who claims he was fired from the company in 2021 in part because of his push to remove extremists from the ...

Starboard, the new owner, called it an "uncancelable free speech platform." Parler, a social media platform popular among conservatives, will temporarily shut down after being acquired by the hedge ...

The CEO of Parler, which claimed it had more than 12 million users before it was cut off by Amazon, Apple and Google in the last week, said the social network popular among Trump sympathizers might ...