The Parler social network temporarily closes its doors

The new owner of the social network Parler has temporarily suspended this platform, the time to decide on its future. “No reasonable person still believes that a Twitter clone just for conservative and far-right users is a viable business”, said Starboard, the company that bought the network.

Launched in 2018, the platform defends a vision of freedom of expression almost without limits. It was widely embraced by supporters of Donald Trump who felt censored on mainstream social media, from Facebook to Twitter.

Starboard boss Ryan Coyne wants to integrate this audience on his company’s other sites. “Parler’s user base and other strategic assets represent a huge opportunity to continue to aggressively build our media and publishing businesses”he specified.

“Advances in artificial intelligence, combined with existing computer code and other new products will allow Starboard to serve communities in need of help, building places for them away from the regulated platforms that hate them”assures the company.

In early December, Parler announced that it would give up being bought out by rapper Kanye West. Also, the network was temporarily removed from the App Store and the Google Play Store in 2022 because of the lack of content moderation in the face of calls for violence from supporters of the former American president.