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- The CEO of the controversial Parler app that was de-platformed last month following the January 6 riots at the US Capitol has been fired, and he's speaking out about why.
- Parler CEO John Matze said he thinks it was because of a difference in political philosophy with Parler investor and GOP mega-donor Rebekah Mercer.
- Matze said he'd wanted to implement stronger content moderation on the app, and he thinks that's why he was fired.
The bad news keeps piling up for the Parler app, a kind of digital safe space for the far right that found itself under fire and ultimately kicked off the Apple and Google app stores for hosting violent content surrounding the January 6 riots at the US Capitol complex.
The app -- which had played host to everything from QAnon supporters to conspiracy theorists on the fringes of the Trump orbit -- got itself essentially canceled from the Internet about a month ago now. And the CEO, in turn, found himself canceled as the service's chief executive, thanks to a late January decision by the Parler board of directors.
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Parler CEO says he was fired for wanting to crack down on QAnon and hate speech originally appeared on BGR.com on Fri, 5 Feb 2021 at 20:35:55 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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