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Parler’s CEO has been fired After his social media platform was largely wiped off the web, Parler CEO and co-founder John Matze says he has been fired by his company’s own board of directors, according to a memo obtained by Fox News and a text message confirmation he sent to Reuters. Continue Reading . . . https://www.theverge.com/2021/2/3/22265298/parlers-ceo-has-been-fired

House leader calls for FBI investigation into Parler On Thursday, the House Oversight Committee called for an FBI investigation into Parler’s involvement in the deadly attack on the Capitol this month. Continue Reading . . . https://www.theverge.com/2021/1/21/22242595/house-oversight-parler-fbi-investigation-carolyn-maloney-chris-wray

A Parler archive is being converted into an interactive map of the Capitol building attack A developer going by the name of Patr10tic has created an interactive map using GPS metadata and videos from the app Parler to offer a glimpse of what was happening inside and around the Capitol building during the violent protest on January 6th (via Motherboard). Continue Reading . . . https://www.theverge.com/2021/1/14/22231749/parler-interactive-map-video-gps-capitol-attack

Parler Users Breached Deep Inside U.S. Capitol Building, GPS Data Shows At least several users of the far-right social network Parler appear to be among the horde of rioters that managed to penetrate deep inside the U.S. Continue Reading . . . https://gizmodo.com/parler-users-breached-deep-inside-u-s-capitol-building-1846042905