Parler Goes Dark After Acquisition by Starboard, Promising Expansion of "Uncancelable Free Speech Platform"

Right-wing social network Parler goes dark after being acquired by digital media firm Starboard, which plans to retool and expand the platform into other business areas and provide services to "unsupported online communities." The acquisition comes after Parler faced backlash from tech providers like Amazon Web Services and a failed acquisition by Kanye West. Starboard aims to leverage Parler's "uncancelable free speech platform" to create a home for other like-minded digital players away from the ad-hoc regulatory hand of platforms that hate them.