A Topsy-Turvy Online Election: Welcome to the first edition of the WIRED Politics Lab newsletter.
wired.com/story/a-topsy-turvy-online-election/
Parler’s New Owners Swear This Time Will Be Different: The “free speech” social media alternative is back on Apple’s App Store ahead of its official relaunch.
wired.com/story/parler-app-store-free-speech-censorship/
This social media network set the stage for Jan. 6, then was taken offline. Now it's back
usatoday.com/story/news/investigations/2024/03/22/gamergate-2-0-targets-sweet-baby-parler-back-online/73058996007/
The far-right’s favoured social-media platform plots a comeback: What to make of Parler’s return
economist.com/united-states/2024/02/15/the-far-rights-favoured-social-media-platform-plots-a-comeback
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The Intelligence: Horn under a bad sign: The birth rate of unicorns—firms with a valuation north of $1bn— has plummeted, and prior investors in them are eyeing ...
play.acast.com/s/theintelligencepodcast/the-intelligence-horn-under-a-bad-sign
Defunct social media app Parler planning 2024 comeback: Parler, the social media platform popular among conservatives that was shut down earlier this year ...
thehill.com/policy/technology/4371907-defunct-social-media-app-parler-planning-2024-comeback/
Controversial conservative social media site Parler to return in 2024: Conservative social media platform Parler says it’s planning a comeback after shuttering ...
cnn.com/2023/12/19/tech/conservative-social-platform-parler-returns-2024/
Right-wing social media platform Parler plans to relaunch early 2024: The right-wing friendly app, which was temporarily booted offline following the Jan ...
pbs.org/newshour/politics/right-wing-social-media-platform-parler-plans-to-relaunch-early-2024
Jan. 6 convict Troy Smocks sues Parler for banning him: Despite pleading guilty to interstate threats, he's suing the platform for $370 million.
mashable.com/article/troy-smocks-sues-parler-for-370-million
Right-Wing Twitter Clone Parler Temporarily Shuts Down After Finding Buyer: The CEO of Starboard, Parler’s buyer, called the decision to temporarily shutter the ...
thedailybeast.com/right-wing-twitter-clone-parler-temporarily-shuts-down-after-finding-buyer
Candace Owens' Husband Receives Brutal Response From Interior Designer: Owens' husband, George Farmer, got more than he likely bargained for when he reached out ...
newsweek.com/candace-owens-husband-george-farmer-brutal-response-david-netto-1792942
'New Years Revolution': What the Proud Boys said on Parler ahead of the Jan. 6 Capitol riot
usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2023/01/31/proud-boys-trial-parler-messages-path-jan-6/11153687002/
Parler owner laid off 75% of staff and has only 20 employees left, report says: Parler reportedly laid off staff and execs after ending deal to sell to Kanye ...
arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2023/01/parler-reportedly-axed-most-of-its-staff-after-ending-deal-to-sell-to-kanye-west/
Parler has reportedly cut ‘majority’ of staff in recent weeks: Parler parent company Parlement Technologies has cut the “majority” of its staff in recent weeks ...
engadget.com/parler-layoffs-report-005417991.html
Musk says Twitter has suspended rapper Ye over swastika post: Twitter has suspended rapper Ye after he tweeted a picture of a swastika merged with the Star of ...
abcnews.go.com/Business/wireStory/ye-longer-buying-parler-app-twitter-account-suspended-94339563
Quick Glance: Elon Musk suspends Kanye West's Twitter account for violating Twitter rules.
- Kanye West tweeted an image today that combines a Nazi-Hakenkreuz and a Davidstern.
- The account has been locked.
- West has been at the center of media attention since yesterday evening, when he appeared on Alex Jones' Infowars show and praised Hitler.
- Musk also offered "general amnestie" for previously locked accounts, based on the results of a poll.
Trump can't terminate the Constitution but a GOP effort to rewrite it continues: Both sides of the long-running debate over a potential Article V Constitutional ...
businessinsider.com/trump-terminate-constitutional-convention-conservatives-midterms-supreme-court-2022-12
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Kanye West’s Twitter account is suspended as deal to buy Parler app falls through
orlandosentinel.com/entertainment/ct-ent-kanye-west-twitter-20221202-fspyamgj4bd67hbobupvumyvei-story.html
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Quick Glance: Rick Scott expresses gratitude to Musk for "standing up against" antisemitism by removing Ye from Twitter.
- Musk deactivated the rapper's Twitter account on Friday morning after he shared an image of the Star of David with a swastika.
- "Despite that, he again violated our rule against incitement to violence," Musk stated in a tweet.
- In his letter on Friday, Scott praised Musk's stance, saying it demonstrates that he is "committed to standing up for free speech and making an appropriate distinction between hate speech and speech that doesn't align with the woke values of Big Tech."
- Hashtag antisemitism Tesla CEO Elon Musk Tesla CEO Elon Musk Yeezy West Rick Scott's Rick Scott's Twitter Ye
Ye’s plan to buy right-leaning social media site Parler is dead: The acquisition was supposed to be completed in the last three months of the year.
fortune.com/2022/12/02/yes-plan-to-buy-right-leaning-social-media-site-parler-is-dead/
Brain chip tests for Elon Musk's Neuralink to start soon : Musk plans to have a chip implanted in himself as well. Plus: Ye won't buy Parler after all ...
businessinsider.de/gruenderszene/business/gehirnchip-tests-fuer-elon-musks-neuralink-sollen-bald-starten/
Quick Glance: Elon Musk, CEO of Neuralink, anticipates human testing within six months.
- Following a month-long hiatus in October, Neuralink had its third "show and tell" session on Wednesday, during which CEO Elon Musk stated, "we think probably in about six months, we should be able to have a Neuralink installed in a human."
- Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla, SpaceX, and now Twitter, co-founded the brain-control interfaces (BCI) business Neuralink six years ago.
- Neuralink is currently attempting to obtain FDA approval for its implant, after receiving the agency's Breakthrough Device Designation in July 2020.
- "In many ways it's like a Fitbit in your skull, with tiny wires," Musk said of Neuralink's device during a livestream event in 2021.
Parler Trolls Sulk Over Kanye West Not Buying the Site After All: West, who declared his love for Adolf Hitler this week, was supposed to buy the floundering ...
thedailybeast.com/parler-trolls-sulk-over-kanye-west-not-buying-the-site-after-all
Musk draws GOP support after claiming Apple threatened to ban Twitter: Elon Musk’s latest broadsides have set the world’s richest tech billionaire against the ...
politico.com/news/2022/11/28/musk-apple-twitter-ban-00071000
Pew Compares Links Shared By Prominent Twitter Users With Those on Alternative Platforms
adweek.com/media/pew-compares-links-shared-by-prominent-twitter-users-with-those-on-alternative-platforms/
Truth Social and Parler in limbo as Elon Musk forges ahead with Twitter: Musk is soaking up all the social media oxygen.
axios.com/2022/11/22/trump-truth-social-parler-musk-twitter
Parler says Kanye West is no longer buying the right-wing social media platform: The announcement came right after West proclaimed his love for Hitler and the ...
mashable.com/article/kanye-west-not-buying-parler
Why Apple and Google could be the biggest threats to Elon Musk’s anything-goes version of Twitter
fastcompany.com/90815181/why-apple-and-google-could-be-the-biggest-threat-to-elon-musks-anything-goes-version-of-twitter
Elon Musk: Apple threatened to yank Twitter from App Store: The action, unconfirmed by Apple, would not be unusual as the company has routinely enforced its ...
indianexpress.com/article/technology/tech-news-technology/elon-musk-twitter-apple-app-store-8295156/
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