Parler Chief Policy Officer Amy Peikoff said on Tuesday that their company doesn’t want to follow other tech giant companies in implementing an algorithm to surveil people around clock, stating that such a practice goes against the Fourth Amendment. “So on Parler, our disagreement was that we did not want to put in an algorithm that…
We Don’t Want to Put in an Algorithm to Surveil People 24/7: Parler Chief Policy Officer
Parler CEO: Social Media Site Will ‘Come Back Strong’ as Company Appears to Switch Domain Registry
John Matze, the CEO of social media site Parler, said the platform will return but with changes, as the company appears to have switched its domain registrar to Epik. “We want to come back and not only come back strong, but we want to do it and show that we have a better system for handling…
Dershowitz: YouTube, Twitter Are ‘Partisan Political’ Tools
Harvard Law professor emeritus Alan Dershowitz said Twitter and YouTube, and other legacy tech companies are “partisan political tools” and should not be protected under Section 230. “YouTube is no longer a platform, and Twitter is no longer a platform,” said Dershowitz on his podcast Tuesday. “It’s a partisan political tool that can be used…
Parler CEO: Claims That Users’ Driver’s Licenses Were Hacked Are ‘Viral Misinformation’
The CEO of Parler, John Matze, on Tuesday dismissed claims that the social media website was hacked and users’ personal information, including pictures of driver’s licenses, was leaked. Rumors being spread on Twitter, Reddit, and an article published by Russian state-backed RT.com asserted that more than 70 terabytes of data from Parler servers were captured…
An Ascendant Left Silences and Excludes Its Enemies
Commentary The best show on television right now features a major city, the capital of an unsteady government, that is gradually being pulled apart by two competing political parties. The center can’t hold; it’s being steadily overwhelmed by a pair of rival Socialist groups who don’t hesitate to take their conflicts into the streets as…
NTD News Today Full Broadcast (Jan. 12)
President Donald Trump declares a state of emergency in Washington, D.C., Facebook removes all content with the phrase “Stop the Steal,” and web-hosting company Epik says social media platform Parler has not been in touch with them.
Deep Dive (Jan. 11): Big Tech and Alternative Platforms Face Off
In the latest Big Tech crackdown Parler is suing Amazon after it was removed from its cloud sharing services, effectively cutting off any means of getting to the site. The list of platforms either banning or blocking President Trump continues to grow. The latest is Stripe, which says they will no longer process payments for…
Web Hosting Service Epik: Parler Hasn’t Contacted Us
A web hosting and domain registrar service said Monday that it has not been in contact with Parler, the social media website dumped from Amazon’s web servers. “We have had no contact or discussions with Parler in any form regarding our organization becoming their registrar or hosting provider. From our understanding, Parler was working on…
NTD Business Full Broadcast (Jan. 11)
Twitter shares plummet after banning President Trump from its platform. Twitter alternative Parler sues Amazon for taking down its website. It says Amazon’s hosting service violated their contract. U-S Trade Rep Robert Lighthizer tells Biden’s team to keep pressure on China — by keeping President Trump’s tariffs in place. And Britain’s financial watchdog warns about…
Parler CEO Condemns Use of Platform for Violence After Amazon Takedown
The CEO of Parler, John Matze, condemned the usage of the platform for violence and pushed back against claims that his company did not take responsibility for content posted on the site. Early Monday morning, Amazon Web Services took down Parler—coming after Google and Apple removed the services from their respective app stores. “We would…
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