Parler

Parler is an American and service, with mobile apps for iOS, iPadOS, and other platforms. Parler had a significant user base of , , , and extremists. Posts on the service often contained content, , and conspiracy theories such as . Journalists described Parler as an alternative to Twitter, and users included those banned from mainstream social networks or opposing their moderation policies.
==History==
Launched in August 2018, Parler marketed itself as a "" and unbiased alternative to mainstream social networks such as Twitter and Facebook. However, journalists and users criticized the service for content policies that were more restrictive than the company portrays and sometimes more restrictive than those of its competitors. Some left-wing users were banned from Parler for challenging the prevailing viewpoints on the site, criticizing Parler, or creating accounts.
===Removal from app stores===
Following complaints that Parler was used to coordinate the , Parler's Android app was removed from the on January 8, 2021. Apple informed Parler executives on the same day that its would be removed from the App Store within 24 hours if Parler did not improve its moderation policy; Apple removed the Parler app on January 9. Amazon announced that it would suspend Parler from the following day, causing it to go offline at 11:59pm on January 10, 2021. Before the site went down, a security vulnerability allowed personal information about its users to be harvested by hackers and law enforcement.70TB of Parler users’ messages, videos, and posts leaked by security researchers by Vilius Petkauskas, CyberNews. 2021-01-11. Parler CEO John Matze stated that "every vendor" had stopped doing business with them, potentially bringing the business to an end.Parler CEO Says Service Dropped By “Every Vendor” And Could End His Business by Bruce Haring, Deadline. 2021-01-10.
===Reinstatement===
In January 2021, Matze struck a hosting deal with to get Parler back online, but he was fired by board member and co-founder by the following month.Parler Fires CEO John Matze, Now Forced to Hide Amid Serious Threats! by Isaiah Alonzo, Tech Times. 2021-02-03. On February 15, Parler announced that its website was back online, though Android users needed to the app downloaded directly from Parler's website, something not possible on iOS without jailbreaking.Parler Back Online: How to Get and Use? iOS, Android Download Status by Isaiah Alonzo, Tech Times. 2021-02-15. It was reinstated on the Apple App Store on May 17, 2021.Parler to relaunch in Apple store by Chris Mills Rodrigo, The Hill. 2021-05-17.
==Ownership==
Parler has not publicly disclosed the identities of its owners besides founder John Matze. , an investor known for her contributions to conservative individuals and organizations, is a co-founder of the company, and conservative political commentator has said he is also an owner. According to Parler, the service had about 4 million active users and over 10 million total users as of November 2020. User activity peaked after the that month and fell again in December. 
In September 2022, Parler LLC acquired Dynascale, a cloud computing company, and reorganized itself as Parlement Technologies to offer "uncancelable" cloud services.Parler forms a new parent company to offer ‘uncancelable’ cloud services by Taylor Hatmaker, TechCrunch. 2022-09-16. The CEO at the time was George Farmer. On October 17, 2022, Parlement Technologies stated that it was in the process of being acquired by the artist formerly known as .Ye, formerly known as Kanye West, to acquire Parler platform by Parler, PR Newswire. 2022-10-17. However, after the deal with West fell through, Parler was acquired by Starboard (a conservative digital-media company previously known as Olympic Media) which shut down the website on April 14, 2023 to revamp it.Parler Shuts Down Temporarily, Finds Buyer Months After Kanye West Deal Faltered by Sarah E. Needleman, The Wall Street Journal. 2023-04-14.
==System requirements==
*iOS 13.0 or later
*iPadOS 13.0 or later
==References==
==See also==
*Truth Social, another social media platform, founded by Donald Trump.
==External links==
*Parler official site
*Parler at the Apple App Store
*Parler at Google Play
*Parler at Logopedia
*Parler at Wikimedia Commons
* at Wikipedia
Category:iOS apps
Category:2018 introductions