Parler

In early January of 2021, the ‘free speech social network’ named Parler experienced one of the biggest security and privacy breaches imaginable. …

I have been fascinated by social media ever since the early days, leveraging it where possible, and diving in early and blindly when new platforms arose. Now is a very interesting time in social media. I believe it will continue to evolve and improve, degrade and improve again, and I’m…

Selling opinions: Political marketing overtakes critical thinking. Right-Wingers are buying their ideals without even realizing it. When you roam the aisles of your favourite store, you’re actively aware of the marketing ploys that await you-mark down stickers, big red percentages and storefront displays that can make the oldest pie on…

Parler is a conservative-friendly, largely unmoderated website resurrected following the insurrection at the U.S. Capitol. Whoa! It grants the right to free speech. Keep reading to know more!

The Parler app had a really interesting last few months. Especially after the Capital Riots, it faced criticism for not being able to moderate content that allegedly incited violence. Parler app is a Twitter alternative that came into existence in 2018. In 2021, Parler faced a ban from tech giants…

Which they’ve said openly and frequently — I’ve noticed some conventional wisdom in the past several months that Apple is mad at Epic and Parler, and that they want to punish them. Maybe, but there’s a much simpler explanation for their behaviour: both apps broke the policies of the App Store, so they were removed. …

Introduction On January 6, 2021, a mob violently stormed the United States Capitol building which resulted in the death of five people and widespread fear among political leaders and American citizens.¹ It is estimated that several thousand people, perhaps even ten thousand, stormed the capitol building that day with largely…

Upon news that Apple is going to allow Parler, the social media service that has developed a cult following from conservatives and other right-wingers trafficking false equivalencies, competitive victimhood, bullshit conspiracies, and grievances sympathetic to white supremacists, back into its App Store, I figured I would take a moment and…

Cancel Culture 🐦🎬@MatrixMav Some people think ‘it’s not a big deal’ that Google, Apple and Amazon tried to slaughter Parler, that Gina Carano was fired by Disney for having an opinion, that J. K. Rowling joined 150 authors and academics denouncing “cancel culture,” or that a panel of experts helped…