Kanye West Buys Social Platform Parler in ‘Bold Stance’ Against Censorship – By Ryan Smith (Newsweek) / Oct 17, 2022
Kanye West is set to acquire Parler, the social media platform favored by those on the far-right that prides itself on not censoring its users.
The rapper and fashion designer, who has legally changed his name to Ye, was frozen out of his accounts on Twitter and Instagram this month after making antisemitic comments on both platforms.
On Monday, it was announced that West, 45, now plans to buy Parler in a move that has been deemed by parent company Parlement Technologies as “taking a bold stance against his recent censorship from Big Tech.”
“In a world where conservative opinions are considered to be controversial, we have to make sure we have the right to freely express ourselves,” West said in a statement.
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