Rapper Ye is no longer buying right-wing social app Parler - WGAU

The rapper Ye is nary longer buying right-leaning societal media tract Parler, the institution said Thursday.

Ye, formerly known arsenic Kanye West, had offered to bargain Parler successful October. At the time, Ye and Parlement Technologies, which owns Parler, said the acquisition would beryllium completed successful the past 3 months of the year. The merchantability terms and different details were not disclosed.

“This determination was made successful the involvement of some parties successful mid-November," Parlement Technologies said successful a connection Thursday. “Parler volition proceed to prosecute aboriginal opportunities for maturation and the improvement of the level for our vibrant community."

Parler is simply a tiny level successful the emerging abstraction of right-leaning, far-right and libertarian societal apps that committedness small to nary contented moderation to weed retired hatred speech, racism and misinformation, among different objectionable content. None of the sites person travel adjacent to reaching mainstream status.

Parler launched successful August 2018 but didn't commencement picking up steam until 2020. It was kicked offline successful January 2021 implicit its ties to the deadly insurrection astatine the U.S. Capitol earlier that month. A period aft the attack, Parler announced a relaunch but didn't instrumentality to Google Play until September of this year.

Ye has made a bid of antisemitic comments successful caller weeks, including praising Hitler successful an interrogation with conspiracy theorist Alex Jones connected Thursday. Ye's remarks led to his suspension from societal media platforms, his endowment bureau dropping him and companies similar Adidas cutting ties with him. The sportswear shaper has besides launched an investigation into his conduct.

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