Right-Wing Social Network Parler Temporarily Goes Dark After Acquisition By Starboard; Digital Media Conglomerate Vows To Expand The “Uncancelable Free Speech Platform”

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Parler, the right-wing social network known for welcoming waves of conservative figures booted off other platforms in the wake of the January 6 assault on the U.S. Capitol, is going dark after being acquired by digital media firm Starboard

, the right-wing social network known for welcoming waves of conservative figures booted off other platforms in the wake of the January 6 assault on the U.S. Capitol, is going dark after being acquired by digital media firm Starboard.

The buyer, founded in 2018 as Olympic Media, plans to revive Parler after a retooling and expand it into other business areas. “No reasonable person believes that a Twitter clone just for conservatives is a viable business anymore,” Starboard said in a statement. Parler’s recent pivot toward cloud and IT infrastructure will enable it to be a key part of its new parent’s effort to provide services to what it calls “unsupported online communities.

Financially hobbled, Parler reached an agreement last fall to be acquired by disgraced rapper Kanye West, but the partiesa few weeks later after West, who goes by Ye, intensified his spree of anti-Semitic and unhinged public comments. Financial terms of the latest acquisition were not disclosed, but Starboard said it expects the deal to be accretive to its financials by the end of June.

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I think you mean the 'mostly peaceful' January 6 protest at the US Capitol. What BLM and their horde did to numerous cities across the US in the summer of 2020 was an assault. Let's not mince words here.

REWRITE: Parler, the right-wing social network known for welcoming waves of domestic terrorist traitors booted off other platforms in the wake of the January 6 assault on the U.S. Capitol, is going dark after being acquired by digital media firm Starboard.

You mean targeting NeverTrump men with ads for the Conservative Girl Shopping Guide wasn't enough to keep them afloat?

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Parler to be acquired by digital media company Starboard and temporarily pulled for a strategic reviewDigital media company Starboard, formerly known as Olympic Media, said Friday it has acquired Parler, the conservative social-media platform that was popular... Are you going to re-release it? Some have hundreds of thousands followers...will they be able to retain them if you have Parler back up?
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