Shortly after being banned from Twitter and Instagram for antisemitic statements, the musician formerly known as Kanye West makes a bid to purchase the right-wing friendly social network, Parler.
The platform’s owners, Parlement Technologies, and West stated that the acquisition should be finished in the fourth quarter but did not provide specifics like the purchase price. According to Parlement Technologies, the agreement covers the use of private cloud services delivered through Parlement’s data center and private cloud architecture.
Kanye was banned from Instagram and Twitter a week ago due to antisemitic tweets
Kanye was banned from Instagram and Twitter a week ago due to antisemitic tweets that the social media platforms claimed were against their policies. According to internet archive records, Ye (Kanye West) made an allusion to the U.S. defense readiness status scale known as DEFCON in a tweet where he stated that he would soon “death con 3 on JEWISH PEOPLE.”
Kanye is no stranger to controversy; in the past, he has called the COVID-19 vaccine “the mark of the beast” and suggested that slavery was a choice. Earlier this month, he received backlash for wearing a “White Lives Matter” T-shirt to present his collection at Paris Fashion Week.
The potential purchase of Parler would give him control of a social media platform
The potential purchase of Parler would give Kanye control of a social media platform and a new outlet for his opinions with no gatekeeper.
“In a world where conservative opinions are considered to be controversial we have to make sure we have the right to freely express ourselves,” Kanye said in a prepared statement.
Parler, which has suffered in the face of competition from other conservative-friendly platforms like Truth Social, might find fresh life as a result of the acquisition. The August 2018 launch of Parler didn’t really take off until 2020. However, it was turned off after the attack on the United States on January 6, 2021. Capitol. Parler announced a relaunch one month after the assault. The Google Play store had it back last month.
“This deal will change the world, and change the way the world thinks about free speech,” Parlement Technologies CEO George Farmer said in a prepared statement.