Ye West said that he wants to buy Parler to make sure that those with conservative political viewpoints 'have the right to freely express ourselves'.
from Apple and Google app stores last year for failing to moderate calls for violence after the attack on the US Capitol by supporters of former US president Donald Trump.West has agreed in principle to buy Parler, and the Nashville-based platform which has raised about $US56 million to date, says it expects the deal to close during the fourth quarter of 2022. It has not given a deal value.
In Paris on 3 October, West, who is also a fashion designer, wore a T-shirt emblazoned with the phrase: 'White Lives Matter'. "In a world where conservative opinions are considered to be controversial we have to make sure we have the right to freely express ourselves," he said in a statement.Forbes estimates West to have a net worth of $US2 billion.Parler was launched in the summer of 2018 by software engineer John Matze and Rebekah Mercer, a major Republican Party donor.
Mr Trump launched his own social media network earlier this year, while Tesla chief Elon Musk's $70 billion deal to buy Twitter appears to be back on after his effort to back out.Parler has been downloaded 8.5 million times since its launch, including 6.2 million times in the United States, according to figures from data.ai.
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