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 buying the controversial “free speech” social media app Parler. The deal seems to be occurring 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 position in creating an uncancelable ecosystem the place all voices are welcome,” mentioned Parlement Technologies CEO Geroge Farmer. “In a world the place conservative opinions are thought of to be controversial we’ve to ensure we’ve the precise to freely specific ourselves,” Kanye added.
Shortly after his return to Twitter, West posted an antisemitic message, which was finally pulled by Twitter. “The account in query has been locked resulting from a violation of Twitter’s insurance policies,” a spokesperson mentioned on the time. The rapper additionally shared a screenshot on Instagram with one other antisemitic message, and was equally restricted by that website.
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Meanwhile, Parler was solely not too long ago reinstated to the Google Play after being banned in January 2021 following the US Capitol rebel.
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