Kanye West is shopping for controversial ‘free speech’ app Parler | Engadget

Last week, Kanye West (aka Ye) was locked out of his Twitter and Instagram accounts following a weekend of antisemitic posts. Now, the saga has taken a pointy flip with information that the hip-hop mogul is acquiring the controversial “free speech” social media app Parler. The deal seems to be taking place shortly, with the corporate behind Parler (Parlement applied sciences) saying that the events anticipate to shut the transaction within the fourth quarter of 2022. The acquisition worth was not revealed.

The proposed acquisition will guarantee Parler a future function in creating an uncancelable ecosystem the place all voices are welcome,” said Parlement Technologies CEO Geroge Farmer. “In a world the place conservative opinions are thought of to be controversial we’ve got to verify we’ve got the best to freely categorical ourselves,” Kanye added.

Shortly after his return to Twitter, West posted an antisemitic message, which was finally pulled by Twitter. “The account in question has been locked due to a violation of Twitter’s policies,” a spokesperson stated on the time. The rapper additionally shared a screenshot on Instagram with one other antisemitic message, and was equally restricted by that web site. 

Meanwhile, Parler was solely not too long ago reinstated to the Google Play after being banned in January 2021 following the US Capitol rebellion. 

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