Parlement Technologies, the parent company of Nashville-based Parler, said it expects the deal to be completed later this year.
Parler, which launched in 2018 as a social media app that billed itself as one that allowed largely unmoderated content in contrast to Twitter and other platforms, was recently reinstated on Google and Apple’s app stores after being removed following the US capitol riots in January 2021.coincided with the end of his corporate partnershipAdidas, the German-based sporting goods giant which sells Ye’s apparel line, has announced that it has put the partnership under review.
“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 statement. Ye seemed to have joined Parler on Monday and had about 91 followers at the time of the announcement. The American rapper had announced in 2020 that he would run for president in an apparent challenge to former President Donald Trump, but later pulled out.Last month Parler created a new parent company, Parlement Technologies, as part of an overhaul.MediaNews Group via Getty Images
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