American rapper, songwriter, and fashion designer Kanye West has made a move to acquire Parler, an American alt-tech social networking service to promote free speech.
The deal to acquire Parler was initiated after Kanye West was locked out of his Instagram account and had his Twitter post deleted a week ago. The social media platforms had claimed that the rapper violated their policies by putting out anti-semitic posts.
Kanye earlier this month debuted his clothing brand of “White Lives Matter” shirts at his YZY 9 Paris Fashion Week show.
Undeterred by his restriction on Instagram, Kanye moved to Twitter, where he posted a photo of Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg and himself doing karaoke.“How you gone kick me off Instagram” he captioned it.
While on the microblogging platform, he continued to publicize his anti-Semitic tropes. He wrote, “I’m a bit sleepy tonight but when I wake up I’m going death con 3 on JEWISH PEOPLE.
“The funny thing is I actually can’t be Anti Semitic because black people are actually Jew also You guys have toyed with me and tried to blackball anyone whoever opposes your agenda [sic]”.
The tweet has since been deleted after being flagged for violating Twitter rules. Meanwhile, following his recent move to acquire Parler, he said “In a world where conservative opinions are considered to be controversial we have to make sure we have the right to freely express ourselves”.
Ye did not also hesitate to sign up on the Parler platform where he already has about 91 followers as of the time of this report.
CEO of Parlement Technologies George Farmer while commenting on Kanye’s move to purchase Parler said, “This deal 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. Once again, Ye proves that he is one step ahead of the legacy media narrative.”
Investors King understands that Kanye’s decision to acquire Parler is due to the platform’s role in the promotion of free speech. Launched in 2018, Parler is a viewpoint-neutral social media platform dedicated to freedom of expression, civil discourse, and user privacy.
The platform markets itself as a free speech-focused and unbiased alternative to mainstream social networks such as Twitter and Facebook.