Parler app acquired by Starboard, temporarily shut down.
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Parler, a social media app catering to conservatives with low content moderation measures, will be taken down by its new owners, digital media company Starboard, for a strategic assessment. Parler faced a decline in usage after being pulled from mainstream app stores and Amazon's web hosting service. The app's traffic never reached its January 2021 peak after being restored to the app stores and finding a new web host. Ye, the rapper formerly known as Kanye West, had made a push to buy the app in October but the intent of sale was terminated in November.
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- Conglomerate Starboard buys Parler, to shut down social media app temporarily Reuters
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- Parler goes offline after being sold to a new owner The Verge
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