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And you think this site is hellish. https://t.co/Fpc98dMff8
— Astra Taylor (@astradisastra) November 14, 2020
OH THIS IS GOOD: The origins of Parler? Starts with a trip & marriage in Russia. https://t.co/zSZNJZUp6l
— Malcolm Nance (@MalcolmNance) November 14, 2020
Parler, aka "conservative Twitter," has rules that prohibit the use of spam bots. But when @pardesoteric joined the social network, she found that the Trump campaign's official Parler account was (yep!) spamming users by using a bothttps://t.co/59BjKkc3h6
— Michael Calore (@snackfight) November 13, 2020
‼️NOT surprised: after bankrolling Cambridge Analytica—the firm that used Americans’ data stolen by #Russia?? and helped flip the 2016 election to Trump—Robert and Rebekah Mercer are now bankrolling #Parler.https://t.co/AUWfPXOM4M
— Dena Grayson, MD, PhD (@DrDenaGrayson) November 14, 2020
Of course they are. What a grift. https://t.co/SU6dKps3zI
— Brooke Binkowski (@brooklynmarie) November 14, 2020
So let’s talk about Parler. Where did it come from? Founder John Matze met his now wife, Alina Mukhutdinova, in May 15, 2016 in Las Vegas. Alina is from Kazan, Russia. She was on a two week road trip “vacation” across the USA with a friend.
— Dave Troy (@davetroy) November 13, 2020
if there's one thing you can count on it's the mercers platforming white nationalism https://t.co/4ONqsOIk27 https://t.co/rkrTWgRbbq
— Brandon Hardin (@hardin) November 14, 2020
This is really frightening, we are being turned against each other by design https://t.co/ivSEsDCrZ9
— Occupy London (@OccupyLondon) November 15, 2020
Whoa. Didn’t see that coming. https://t.co/NwSCNOtyLr
— Sara Sidner (@sarasidnerCNN) November 14, 2020
This is like a Marvel mid-credits scene. Guess the string-pulling megarich Mercers are coming back as the main villain in the next movie. https://t.co/eN5fWAqzeJ
— Joshua Ostroff (@joshuaostroff) November 14, 2020
“Anytime you take a laissez faire approach to moderation — you say, ‘anything goes’ right up until actual threats of real world violence — that creates a huge space for some really problematic things to happen," Bret Schafer told @rebeccaklar_. https://t.co/eAUqiA0Jk9
— Alliance for Securing Democracy (@SecureDemocracy) November 13, 2020
Users more than doubled to 10M in a week.
— Kyle Munson (@KyleMunson) November 14, 2020
Staff of 30 operates it.
Describes itself as a “neutral platform.”
More & more echo chambers!
It’s so hard to remember the mindset of a decade or so ago that #socialmedia was going to unite the world and spread freedom like manna. ? https://t.co/K5zACciViW
These are the people who back a huge chunk of the right wing media apparatus that could not survive without them. https://t.co/BuGaj3nG1l
— Friday Night Music Party (@BereftOfTheDial) November 14, 2020
Parler & Cambridge Analytica connections. Don't forget THOMAS BORWICK who is still active. The chief technology officer for Vote Leave also worked at high level for Cambridge Analytica & AggregateIQ. https://t.co/XMBYPhaK2S
— Steve Bray #HoldThemToAccount (@snb19692) November 15, 2020
Welcome to Parler, the right's favorite "free speech" social network.
— WIRED (@WIRED) November 13, 2020
There are only two rules: 1. Nothing criminal. 2. No spam. Other than that, you can post what you want: https://t.co/C0RfzwNTmQ
WSJ: Hedge fund investor Robert Mercer and his daughter Rebekah Mercer are financially backing the social media company Parler.
— Hamza Shaban (@hshaban) November 14, 2020
The Mercers previously financed a number of conservative causes, and have not disclosed their involvement with Parlerhttps://t.co/uRW6Ili87F
Are we paying attention, everyone? https://t.co/odkZOEcPm1
— George Takei (@GeorgeTakei) November 14, 2020
NEW: @parler_app CEO John Matze joined me to defend the app’s decision to leave up false info, like @TeamTrump’s claim that Trump won the state of Pennsylvania:
— j.d. durkin (@jiveDurkey) November 9, 2020
“He’s entitled to his opinion… people can judge for themselves.”
Will Parler fact-check that it's wrong?
“No.”
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Of course they are. I have little confidence in this thing being successful. These guys only care about owning the libs. Can’t do that in your nazi safe space. https://t.co/8KrifkAnjh
— Tommy Vietor (@TVietor08) November 14, 2020
Thread on Parler, that Twitteresque replacement pushed by the GOP.
— Eric Garland (@ericgarland) November 13, 2020
Umm. The GOP-Russia connection, um, doesn't look LESS OBVIOUS. In fact it looks like Russian ownership of the party. https://t.co/G0FvUTsb0x
It was determined by UK ICO agency that Cambridge Analytica’s efforts had no impact on US election or UK referendum. Let the Mercers similarly waste their money on Parler. https://t.co/qwNJBuPjHk
— Eric Seufert (@eric_seufert) November 14, 2020
The Mercer family is basically keeping the alt right alive https://t.co/DXLHofOKAa
— John Leavitt ? (@LeavittAlone) November 14, 2020
These are the people who brought us cambridge analytica https://t.co/leHBgeVjBx
— WatchYourRepsMN (@WatchYourRepsMN) November 14, 2020
I downloaded Parler here’s who I can follow to “personalize” my experience https://t.co/uVU2tRWCR1 pic.twitter.com/KVFpDTXbnm
— Nick Miller (@NickMiller510) November 15, 2020
Well here's the answer to the highly speculative thread I stupidly retweeted yesterday. https://t.co/u6G4P0iZk1
— Neal Khosla (@nealkhosla) November 15, 2020
Here’s some real information about who’s funding Parler, as opposed to the baseless Russia speculation in that awful viral Twitter thread. https://t.co/Dbxo5ikjP7
— Craig Silverman (@CraigSilverman) November 14, 2020
1/. Very disturbing
— Stefan Simanowitz (@StefSimanowitz) November 14, 2020
The @WSJ has just revealed that the social media app Parler, - set up as an alternative to Facebook & Twitter - is funded by the Mercers, the former owners of #CambridgeAnalytica
Parler has had a surge in users since the #Election2020https://t.co/ss8OoM2n1c
So.........not The Russians? Because I saw a thread. https://t.co/prEw5VR2qZ
— Hayes Brown (@HayesBrown) November 14, 2020
Parler is funded by the former owners of Cambridge Analytica. They always wanted to create a new social network to collect data and disseminate propaganda. And now they have. https://t.co/Lp9J1wR4Kp
— Christopher Wylie ?️? (@chrisinsilico) November 14, 2020
Lol. Of course that's who's backing it. So the new Cambridge Analytics won't have to get data from Facebook. It'll already own Parler. https://t.co/aVEz6YiV69
— Mike Masnick (@mmasnick) November 14, 2020
"In a twist of fate, Parler had left me silenced—not so much a public square or even a social network, but a place where only the pundits get to speak."https://t.co/Ey7IYCMeCU
— Julian Chokkattu (@JulianChokkattu) November 14, 2020
Shocked, not shocked: The family behind Cambridge Analytica is bankrolling Parler. The Mercer Family, Makes Play for Conservatives Mad at Facebook and Twitter https://t.co/oVMdj9i89k
— David Carroll ? (@profcarroll) November 14, 2020
Totally on brand. https://t.co/V85bjxEc9a
— Ms. Sema (@_SemaHernandez_) November 15, 2020
Whoah. I you are interested in Parler, the new internet home of the far right, you need to read this thread. Really impressive super-sleuthing by @davetroy. Follow the money https://t.co/06k41LY4N2
— Carole Cadwalladr (@carolecadwalla) November 13, 2020
The framing on "free speech" in the title of the article is bullshit. The Mercer family are Breitbart funders and bankrolled Trump's 2016 and 2020 campaigns, two actors who are happy to use government to shut down the speech of people who disagree with them. https://t.co/LRo1cvI9we
— Don "Big Chooch" Moynihan (@donmoyn) November 14, 2020
“Anytime you take a laissez faire approach to moderation — you say, ‘anything goes’ right up until actual threats of real world violence — that creates a huge space for some really problematic things to happen," Bret Schafer told @rebeccaklar_. https://t.co/eAUqiA0Jk9
— Alliance for Securing Democracy (@SecureDemocracy) November 13, 2020
Parler's post-election popularity sparks misinformation concerns || Via: TheHill https://t.co/C6ibke6BuU
— SafetyPin-Daily (@SafetyPinDaily) November 14, 2020
LOL, sounds like someone is getting queasy.
— RedHorseCav (@Rickthecop on Parler) (@rick_cav) November 13, 2020
Parler's post-election popularity sparks misinformation concerns https://t.co/gHd104NkvD
Parler's post-election popularity sparks misinformation concerns | Via TheHill https://t.co/C6ibke6BuU
— SafetyPin-Daily (@SafetyPinDaily) November 13, 2020
I spoke to @thehill about @parler_app's growing post-election popularity, esp among conservatives, as it refuses to contain #disinformation. @AU_SOC @InternetGov @CMSImpact @aumedia @AUResearch #Election2020 https://t.co/7VsvGRHPfU
— Saif Shahin (@shahin_saif) November 13, 2020
The #1 app in the U.S. App Store is a social networking app bankrolled by the family that funded Breitbart.
— Dare Obasanjo (@Carnage4Life) November 14, 2020
This is the inevitable endgame as social media mirrors rest of U.S. media in splitting across partisan lines and self reinforcing echo chambers. https://t.co/W0C5PHgiFG
NPR and the rest of the Democrat Party-media hate Parler, as they hate any platform that doesn’t conform with their autocratic ideology.https://t.co/6afomBlPhg
— Mark R. Levin (@marklevinshow) November 15, 2020
Parler is now one of the most downloaded smartphone apps. Backed by conservative activist and donor Rebekah Mercer, it bills itself as a "free speech" social network that puts few restrictions on what users can post. https://t.co/Nkine2MkP3
— NPR (@NPR) November 15, 2020
Conservatives Flock To Mercer-Funded Parler; Claim Censorship On Facebook And Twitter https://t.co/cHYRrnAl08
— NPR Politics (@nprpolitics) November 14, 2020
"Shannon McGregor, who studies social media at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, said the misinformation already thriving on Parler is cause for alarm."
— IT Guy (@ITGuy1959) November 15, 2020
Nothing to see here, just Federal Gov't funded Media attacking free speech..??https://t.co/3XZ5v1YHmm
Parler touts itself as a non-biased, free speech social media platform and has attracted conservatives who claim they have been censored by Facebook and Twitter.https://t.co/uSesb2ZZvJ
— Weekend Edition (@NPRWeekend) November 15, 2020
TTere is something very short-term about a movement to leave @Twitter for another social media because it allows lies & disinformation? Who does that? It's like seeking out a drug with lots of side effects. You get hurt.#Parler #KAG2020 https://t.co/RuhBxHTjrH
— Bob Krause (@KrauseForIowa) November 15, 2020
Conservative donor Rebekah Mercer says she backed Parler to fight “the ever increasing tyranny and hubris of our tech overlords.” Now conservatives w big followings on Facebook & Twitter are sending their followers to the app... https://t.co/tfRKGJmb1Y
— Shannon Bond (@shannonpareil) November 15, 2020
Backed by Rebekah Mercer, Parler is now one of the most downloaded smartphone apps, as conservatives complaining of censorship by Facebook and Twitter seek out other social media alternatives: https://t.co/6iPjyvQ2lD
— NPR Politics (@nprpolitics) November 15, 2020