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.
West, who is known legally as Ye, would gain control of a social media platform and a fresh, unrestricted venue for his thoughts with the acquisition of Parler.
The platform’s owner, Parlement Technologies, and West stated that the deal should close 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 centre and private cloud architecture.
Ye 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 made an allusion to the U.S. defence readiness status scale known as DEFCON in a tweet where he stated that he would soon “death con 3 on JEWISH PEOPLE.”
Ye is no new to controversy; he once declared the COVID-19 vaccine to be “the mark of the beast” and implied that slavery was a choice. He faced backlash earlier this month for presenting his collection at Paris Fashion Week while sporting a “White Lives Matter” T-shirt.
“In a world where conservative opinions are considered to be controversial we have to make sure we have the right to freely express ourselves,” Ye 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 US Capitol on January 6, 2021. Parler announced a relaunch one month after the assault. The Google Play store had it back last month.
According to George Farmer, CEO of Parlement Technologies, “this deal will revolutionise the world and the way the world thinks about free expression.”
Kanye West plans to purchase a conservative social media site. Parler
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