Kanye West is buying conservative social media platform Parler, company says - CNBC

Controversial societal media networking tract Parler says it is being acquired by Kanye West. The platform, a favourite among American conservatives, made the announcement successful a press release Monday.

West, who present goes by the sanction "Ye," said successful a statement: "In a satellite wherever blimpish opinions are considered to beryllium arguable we person to marque definite we person the close to freely explicit ourselves."

The platform, often utilized by supporters of President Donald Trump, was swept successful contention implicit the relation it played successful the Jan. 6 riots astatine the Capitol building. That led a slew of tech companies, including Google and Amazon, to blacklist the service, rendering its app and website inaccessible.

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