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Making Free Speech Great Again , Kanye West Buys Social Media App “Parler”

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Ridgewood NJ, Kanye West has agreed to buy Parler, a  social media app that brands itself as a “free speech”-focused substitute for other social media platforms. The purchase echoes similar moves made by former President Trump and Elon Musk to own social media apps and push back against what they consider overbearing moderation policies that silence conservatives.

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Technology companies try to contain a mounting backlash against their social media sites

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Ridgewood NJ, Twitter’s stock price tumbled Monday as investors appeared to balk at the social network’s decision to ban President Trump from posting. Technology companies tried to contain a mounting backlash against their social media sites, with shares of Twitter Inc. and Facebook Inc. falling in early trading and rival platform Parler forced offline by Amazon.com Inc.

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