This illustration picture shows social media application logo from Parler displayed on a smartphone with its website in the background.More than a dozen politicians from the UK's ruling Conservative party joined Parler before the social network went offline, according toThey included Michael Gove, Chancellor of the duchy of Lancaster, and foreign minister James Cleverly, the newspaper reported Sunday.
In June, Conservative lawmaker Steve Baker said he hoped Parler would lead to "competition and innovation" for social media companies, according toThe findings indicate that conservatives' sense that mainstream tech platforms are suppressing their speech is not limited to the US.
The findings imply that concerns about mainstream tech platforms taking action against misinformation are not limited to US conservatives.