Parler and the Death Knell for Mainstream Extremist Communication
Adam Parker
Posted on January 10, 2021
Parler, the Twitter alternative platform marketed to those desiring unmoderated posting across subjects including abject racism, anti-Semitism and misogyny had its app banned by Google Play’s store yesterday. It was just banned by Apple’s App Store a couple of hours go. Worse for the Alt-Right, Amazon Web Services just announced pulling it’s hosting services for Parler too. Meaning unless Parler can find an alternative lifeline for its website and servers—like an off-shore fortified hub in Europe—its extremist users will be forced back onto the Dark Web, or Ultra-Nationalist website chat groups where they’ve been festering for decades—while to the chagrin of the MAGA mob there lacks the all-important mainstream reach and ease. Basically, run of the mill Republicans and those who favour genuine Centrist…
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