Episode 1288
Parler
Wed, 2020-Nov-11 02:15 UTC
Length - 1:53
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With 216,201 views on Tuesday, 10 November 2020 our article of the day is Parler.
Parler is a United States-based microblogging and social networking service launched in August 2018. Parler has a significant user base of Trump supporters, conservatives, and Saudi nationalists. Posts on the website often contain far-right content, antisemitism, and conspiracy theories. The site has been described as an alternative to Twitter, and is popular among people who have been banned from mainstream social networks or oppose their moderation policies. The site markets itself as a "free speech" and unbiased alternative to mainstream social networks such as Twitter and Facebook. However, journalists and users have criticized the service for content policies that are more restrictive than the company portrays, and sometimes more restrictive than those of its competitors. As of November 2020, the site had more than 4 million users.
This recording reflects the Wikipedia text as of 02:15 UTC on Wednesday, 11 November 2020.
For the full current version of the article, see Parler on Wikipedia.
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