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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsKanye West to buy conservative social media platform Parler
Parlement Technologies, which owns the platform, and West, legally known as Ye, said the acquisition should be completed in the fourth quarter, but details like price were not revealed. Parlement Technologies said the agreement includes the use of private cloud services via Parlements private cloud and data center infrastructure.
Ye, was locked out of Twitter and Instagram a week ago over antisemitic posts that the social networks said violated their policies. In one post on Twitter, Ye said he would soon go death con 3 on JEWISH PEOPLE, according to internet archive records, making an apparent reference to the U.S. defense readiness condition scale known as DEFCON.
Ye is no stranger to controversy, once suggesting slavery was a choice and calling the COVID-19 vaccine the mark of the beast. Earlier this month, he was criticized for wearing a White Lives Matter T-shirt to his collection at Paris Fashion Week.
https://apnews.com/article/kanye-west-parler-5b1cbdb1f311ae9de70b3d4e247e6201
FalloutShelter
(11,941 posts)superpatriotman
(6,257 posts)Commenting on the agreement Monday, Parlement Technologies CEO George Farmer said it will change the world, and change the way the world thinks about free speech.
Ye is making a groundbreaking move into the free speech media space and will never have to fear being removed from social media again, Farmer said in a statement. Once again, Ye proves that he is one step ahead of the legacy media narrative. Parlement will be honored to help him achieve his goals.
Farmer is married to the American conservative activist Candace Owens, one of Yes advocates on social media. He is also the son of Michael Farmer, a British Conservative politician who sits in the upper chamber of the British Parliament
Dorian Gray
(13,548 posts)it looks like Candace has been putting in her work to cultivate Kanye so she and Farmer can use him to make bank.
He's their sucker, now.
we can do it
(12,232 posts)2naSalit
(87,096 posts)The potential to engage in social engineering to separate us from our money and democratic power.
Jilly_in_VA
(10,045 posts)Now he can rant all he wants and nobody will hear him...or five a flying Wallenda.
Dorian Gray
(13,548 posts)So, the CEO is George Farmer, Candace Owen's husband.
They've been cultivating him for years to make bank off of him. Looks like it finally paid off.
Also:
Link to tweet
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(Kanye will own Parler. Elon will own Twitter. Trump will own Truth Social.)
They're banking on controlling social media. lol
The problem is that Kanye and Elon are erratic and unpredictable. Well, so is trump, tbh. But in a different way.
spanone
(136,011 posts)Link to tweet
Kanye West says George Floyd passed away because of fentanyl and that the cops knee wasnt even on his neck like that
OneGrassRoot
(22,925 posts)Candace Owens' husband, George Farmer.
Interesting.
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