Posted 12/19/2023, 10:04:00 PM
Conservative platform Parler plans 2024 relaunch amid crowded social media field
- Conservative social media platform Parler, which shut down in April 2022, plans to relaunch in early 2024 amid the next presidential race
- Parler was initially popular with conservatives seeking an alternative to platforms like Twitter but became a haven for hate speech and election denialism
- Parler was removed from app stores after the Jan. 6 Capitol attack was planned on the platform; it lost most of its users
- Rapper Kanye West considered buying Parler in 2022 after being locked out of Twitter over antisemitic remarks
- Parler faces competition from other right-leaning platforms like Trump's Truth Social and Twitter under Elon Musk