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Kanye West to buy social media platform Parler
Kanye West, who now goes by the moniker Ye, has proposed to buy the Parler social media platform, parent Parlement Technologies said…
Parler social media app returns to Apple’s App Store
Parler said its social media app is returning to Apple’s App Store after the platform added some algorithms intended to automatically detect…
Apple approves Parler to return to App Store
According to a letter Apple sent to Congress on Monday, the company’s App Store has approved Parler’s return citing improvements the…
Sen. Lee, Rep. Buck question Apple’s, Google’s, and Amazon’s actions against Parler
In a joint letter to the CEOs of Apple, Google, and Amazon to question the companies’ actions in removing the social network Parler from…
Parler still working on return to Apple App Store
Parler’s chief policy officer Amy Peikoff says the social network still trying to get its app back into the App Store after Apple rejected…
Apple denies Parler’s app re-entry to App Store
Parler’s social media app was denied re-entry to Apple’s App Store recently after it was removed the platform in January, according to…
After dropping original lawsuit, Parler sues Amazon again
After social media app Parler dropped its case against Amazon for cutting off its web-hosting services, the company filed a separate lawsuit …
Parler drops case against Amazon for pushing it offline
Parler, the social media app that was rapidly growing in popularity in January, has dropped its case against Amazon Web Services…
Social media app Parler flickers back to life on ‘independent technology’
Social media service Parler relaunched on Monday, although the service is spotty and users report getting hung up at the login page…
Judge won’t force Amazon to restore web service to Parler
Amazon won’t be forced to restore web service to Parler after a federal judge ruled Thursday against a plea to reinstate the fast-growing…
Group sues Apple demanding Telegram app be banned like Parler
A Washington nonprofit group, the Coalition for a Safer Web, sued Apple in federal court Sunday, demanding that it remove Telegram, a chat…
Parler’s website is back online
The chief executive of social media platform Parler, John Matze, posted a brief message on the company’s website, which does not…
Apple CEO Tim Cook to appear on ‘Fox News Sunday’ to discuss Parler, free speech, and more
Apple CEO Tim Cook will appear on Fox News Sunday. Cook will talk about Apple’s decision to remove Parler from the App Store, free speech…
Parler urges U.S. judge to order Amazon to restore its platform
Parler urged a U.S. judge on Thursday to order Amazon.com Inc to restore the company’s account, saying Amazon had no evidence…
Texas AG demands Big Tech explain deplatforming President Trump and Parler
After Google and Apple removed Parler and President Trump’s Twitter and other accounts were blocked, Texas AG Ken Paxton wants some answers…
Parler CEO says social media platform may never return
Parler, which has gone dark after being cut off by major service providers, may never return online, said its CEO John Matze…
Tim Cook: Parler can return to App Store if they comply with Apple’s terms of service
Parler can return to the App Store according to Apple CEO Tim Cook, but they must first comply with the company’s App Store Terms of Service…
Parler finds a new home
After a handful of Big Tech companies moved to take down Parler over the weekend, the social media platform appears to have found a new…
Parler sues Amazon over site takedown
Parler, a social networking service that advocated free speech before it was deplatformed has sued Amazon.com on Monday…
Apple pulls Parler from the App Store
Apple has pulled Parler from the App Store, just hours after the free speech Twitter rival hit No.1 on Apple’s top free apps chart…
Parler rises to No. 1 on App Store after Apple threatens ban
Parler surged to No. 1 on Apple App Store’s chart of top free apps Saturday after Apple threatened to ban the app from the store…
Apple threatens to ban free speech Twitter rival Parler from the App Store
Parler co-owner Dan Bongino said that Apple has threatened to ban the platform from its App Store and bar it from iOS devices…
‘Non-biased, free speech’ Twitter rival Parler tops Apple App Store for first time
Social media app and Twitter rival Parler topped the Apple App Store list of most popular apps for the first time over the weekend…
Parler CEO invited to U.S. House’s antitrust investigation into Apple, Amazon, Facebook, and Google
U.S. representatives Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) and James Sensenbrenner (R-Wisc.) asked the head of upstart social media service Parler to weigh in ahead of…
After Twitter labels, censors, and suspends, Parler hits No.1 on Apple’s App Store
After a surge in sign-ups after Twitter censored and suspended conservative meme-makers to heads of state, the free speech social media platform Parler …
Apple pulls ‘Wizz,’ a Tinder-like app for teens, over sextortion concerns
Apple pulled “Wizz,” a Tinder-like social media app growing in popularity among U.S. teens, this week over sextortion concerns…
U.S. House Judiciary subpoenas Apple CEO Tim Cook, other Big Tech CEOs over free speech
U.S. House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan on Wednesday subpoenaed Apple CEO Tim Cook and other tech CEOS over free-speech issues…
Are Apple and Elon Musk’s Twitter on a collision course?
New Twitter owner Elon Musk wants to increase the amount of money the company makes through subscriptions while opening up the site…
Facebook’s profits depended on trampling it users’ privacy. Apple put a stop to that. Now what?
For years, Facebook-parent Meta Platform’s profits depended on trampling it users’ privacy, but Apple put a stop to that with its…
Twitter has added more than 15 million users since Elon Musk’s first week of ownership
Despite the weighty loss of Whoopi Goldberg, Twitter has added more than 15 million users since Elon Musk’s first week of ownership…
Elon Musk’s $7.99 Twitter Blue with verification is ‘coming soon’ on iOS; Musk recommends voting Republican in midterms
Twitter’s iOS app has been updated to support Elon Musk’s new $7.99 per month Twitter Blue subscription. Apple’s App Store Twitter app…
President Trump’s Truth Social app, long available via Apple’s App Store, finally approved by Google for Android Play Store
Former U.S. President Donald Trump’s social media app Truth Social, available since February via Apple’s App Store, has finally been…
President Trump’s Truth Social app, long available via Apple’s App Store, not approved on Google’s Android Play Store
U.S. President Donald Trump’s social media app Truth Social has not yet been approved for distribution on Google’s Play Store for Android …
Marketers cut back on ad spending after Apple gave users their privacy back
Marketers are cutting back on ad spending due to Apple’s App Tracking Transparency privacy framework that gave users their privacy back…
President Trump’s Truth Social now on web via browser, no longer confined to Apple devices
The Trump Media & Technology Group on Wednesday launched the Truth Social Web App, allowing users to access Truth Social from…
Apple spends record quarterly high on lobbying
Amid increased pressure from the U.S. Congress alleging antitrust issues, Apple spent $2.5 million on lobbying in the first three months…
Beleaguered Facebook keeps whining that Apple gave users their privacy back
Societal cancer and, now, finally, rightfully beleaguered, Facebook continues whining publicly, with stupendous tone deafness, about Apple …
Meta’s threat to pull Facebook and Instagram from Europe seen as gift by German and French ministers
Meta Platforms’s threat to pull Facebook and Instagram from Europe because of blocked talks over privacy rules is being met with enthusiasm…
Facebook stock plummets 26%, sheds more than $230 billion in market value in single day
Facebook parent Meta’s stock plunged some 26%, more than $230 billion in market value on Thursday after the company forecast weaker…
Apple’s user privacy controls damage Facebook’s ad tracking biz
On Wednesday, Facebook owner Meta Platforms posted disastrous quarterly results, blaming privacy safeguards for users from Apple…
Facebook/Meta voted the worst company of the year
Shockingly, Meta, née Facebook, has been voted the Worst Company of the Year, with Yahoo Finance polling their audience as to which…
