The digital media conglomerate Starboard said Friday it purchased the conservative social media site Parler and will temporarily take down the app as it undergoes a 'strategic assessment.'
In this Jan. 10, 2021, file photo, the website of the social media platform Parler is displayed in Berlin.
The deal came months after another acquisition agreement with rapper Kanye West, legally known as Ye, collapsed in November. Parler caters to right-wing, far right and libertarian voices and fashions itself as a platform with fewer rules in support of free speech. It was briefly booted off the internet in 2021 due to its connections to the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol. And its user base remains small.
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