by Arjun Walia, The Pulse:
- The Facts:
- Kanye West is set to buy the “Conservative” Social Platform Parler.
- Thea deal is expected to go through before the end of 2022.
- It’s another attempt to create an un-cancelable ecosystem, one in which free speech reigns in a time of mass censorship by Big Tech and government agencies.
- Reflect On:
- Should we be so quick to allow speech to be censored so easily?
- If this is the beginning of censorship, what will it look like in 3 or 4 years when it takes another few steps forward?
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“This deal will change the world, and change the way the world thinks about free speech,” Parler’s CEO said in a statement about Kanye West acquiring the controversial “conservative” social media platform. The deal is expected to close before the end of 2022.
The deal comes as Parler, which launched in 2018 and positioned itself as a free speech space for those seeking an alternative to platforms such as Twitter, has been reinstated on Google and Apple’s app stores after being removed following the U.S. Capitol riots in January 2021.
West has been no stranger to controversy himself, being restricted and banned multiple times on social media platforms, like Twitter, for various ‘controversial’ remarks. It’s not just West, we’ve seen the same thing happen to multiple people in various fields, especially during the pandemic.
Renowned doctors and scientists, for example, who were sharing science, commentary and perspectives that opposed federal health authority recommendations and information were subjected to the same censorship.
Most recently, West was locked out of his Instagram account by Facebook parent Meta Platforms for posts condemned as antisemitic. He then moved to Twitter, posting for the first time in two years.
“In a world where conservative opinions are considered to be controversial we have to make sure we have the right to freely express ourselves,” West said in a statement.
In a statement of his own, Parler CEO George Farmer added:
