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Parler

Parler is an American social media platform based in Nashville, Tennessee.

History

Wired reported on January 12, 2021, that Parler's website data was exposed due to a bug.[1] This data was reportedly used to create an interactive map of protestors during the January 6, 2021 protest at the United States Capitol.[2]

In September 2022, Parler announced it had reorganized under the new corporate name of Parlement Technologies, and acquired Dynascale.[3]

Organization

Parler is run under the corporate entity Parlement Technologies.[3:1]

Funding

Investors in Parler include:[4]

  • Seth Dillon
  • Rebekah Mercer

Parler is sponsored by We the People Wines.[5]

Personnel

Name Position Notes
George Farmer Chief Executive Officer -

Further reading:

  1. Greenberg, A. (2021, January 12). An Absurdly Basic Bug Let Anyone Grab All of Parler’s Data. Wired. http://archive.today/2024.01.30-212333/https://www.wired.com/story/parler-hack-data-public-posts-images-video/ ↩︎

  2. Campbell, I. C. (2021, January 15). A Parler archive is being converted into an interactive map of the Capitol building attack. The Verge. http://archive.today/2021.01.15-040043/https://www.theverge.com/2021/1/14/22231749/parler-interactive-map-video-gps-capitol-attack ↩︎

  3. Parler Closes $16M in Series B Funding. (2022, September 19). FinSMEs. https://web.archive.org/web/20221012084518/https://www.finsmes.com/2022/09/parler-closes-16m-in-series-b-funding.html ↩︎ ↩︎

  4. Primack, D., & Lawler, R. (2022, January 7). Conservative social media app Parler raises $20 million. Axios. http://archive.today/2023.04.08-174002/https://www.axios.com/2022/01/07/conservative-social-media-app-parler-raises-20-million ↩︎

  5. Support A Wine Company That Backs Your Patriotic Values. (2023, April 19). Parler. https://web.archive.org/web/20230420190058/https://view.parlermailer.com/?qs=07111163a47ae8f90482aa60e7a8eb6893ef8a5131ce22071a9b435525e7f73af3fe858656782c2ded42ba24ec13d9295bc78a3e0255a742cc5bc37d4b563890cf721a636c3c635f8346208a3a01766d ↩︎