Parler’s CEO has been fired

Photo by Jaap Arriens/NurPhoto via Getty Images After his social media platform was largely wiped off the web, Parler CEO and co-founder John Matze says he has been fired by his company’s own board of directors, according to a memo obtained by Fox News and a text message confirmation he sent to Reuters. Parler, of course, is the social network that found itself wholly deplatformed after its role in the January 6th riots at the US Capitol. Both Apple and Google removed the app from their app stores after being unsatisfied with the company’s attempts to moderate the spread of calls for violence, and Amazon decided to terminate the company’s AWS website hosting completely. Matze claims he was terminated by the board led by Rebekah Mercer, and that he had “met constant resistance to my... Continue reading…