Twitter alternative launched on a stated free-speech, light-moderation premise.
Parler launches as Twitter alternative
Event Not yet reviewed This page has not yet been through the automated review pipeline.Parler launches in Henderson, Nevada, marketed as a free-speech alternative to Twitter with lighter content moderation.
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Murdock, J. (2020). Who Owns Parler? Social Media Platform Offers Safe Space for the Far Right. Newsweek. Published 25 June 2020. newsweek.com returns HTTP 406 to automated clients; read from the recorded capture, whose payload was checked. Source for the 2018 founding, the Henderson, Nevada base and the roles of John Matze and Jared Thomson — 'Since its founding in 2018 by two men based in Henderson, Nevada—John Matze and Jared Thomson' — and it gives the year only, not the month. Its framing of the userbase is the outlet's, not adopted here. It does not mention Rebekah Mercer.
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Simon Wiesenthal Center. Parler: An Unbiased Social Platform?. (2020). Dated November 2020. States 'Parler is a social media platform launched in August 2018' and names John Matze as CEO; the only located source giving the launch month, hence the year-month date precision. This is an advocacy-organisation report and its assessments of Parler's content are the Center's own, not adopted here.
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August 2018
Parler launches as Twitter alternative
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