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Parler's parent company said it has "mutually agreed" with embattled musician Ye to end the deal.

The deal was canceled less than two months after it was announced by the rapper and the conservative social-media service.

Twitter has suspended rapper Ye after he tweeted a picture of a swastika merged with the Star of David.

Conservative social media company Parler said Thursday it's deal to be bought by Ye has been terminated.

Ye wrote on Parler that he was restricted from Instagram for 30 days for posting a comment he made about Jewish people.

The most serious of the “alt-tech” social-media platforms appealing to right-wing “anti-censorship” voices often slides under the radar.

Parler reportedly made the mistake when it emailed over 200 verified users to announce a deal it made with Kanye West to take over the platform.

After a week of publicity stunts, the hip-hop icon, who now goes by Ye, has inflamed debates over the state of “cancel culture” and the future of the Republican Party.

An email to so-called VIPs for the site raised a couple questions; among them: Do the VIPs know that they’re VIPs?

Former President Donald Trump has acknowledged that some of the top secret documents seized from his Mar-a-Lago estate were classified. In recordings from Bob Woodward's new audio book, "The Trump Tapes," Trump says letters he exchanged with North Korean Leader Kim Jong Un are "top secret." CBS News congressional correspondent Scott MacFarlane discusses the latest.

Looking to take your family on vacation, but not sure whether to go to Disneyland or Disney World? Here are three differences.

If Elon Musk buys Twitter and Ye closes his deal to buy Parler, all three billionaires will have their own social media sites.

He joins Trump and Musk, turning social media into the new playground of plutocrats who want to push their own agendas.

Parlement Technologies, the parent company of Parler, announced the agreement to sell the platform to the rapper on Monday, with plans to close the deal by the end of the year.

Parlement Technologies, the parent company of Parler, announced the agreement to sell the platform to the rapper on Monday, with plans to close the deal by the end of the year.

Parlement Technologies and West, legally known as Ye, said the acquisition should be completed this year, but details on the price were not revealed.

The Twitter competitor made the surprise announcement Monday, coming days after Ye's accounts on Twitter and Instagram were locked over a string of antisemitic posts

The rapper formerly known as Kanye West is offering to buy right-wing friendly social network Parler.

The rapper, who was recently suspended from Instagram and Twitter, said "we have the right to freely express ourselves."

Controversial social media networking site Parler says it is being acquired by Kanye West. The platform, a favorite among American conservatives, made the announcement in a press release Monday. West, who now goes by the name "Ye," said in a statement: "In a world where conservative opinions are considered to be controversial we have to make sure we have the right to freely express ourselves." The platform, often used by supporters of President Donald Trump, was swept in controversy over the role it played in the Jan. 6 riots at the Capitol building. That led a slew of tech companies, including Google and Amazon , to blacklist the service, rendering its app and website inaccessible.

Far-right groups have turned to online spaces that allow hate speech and other unfavorable content.

Far-right groups have turned to online spaces that allow hate speech and other unfavorable content.

In the year since the January 6th Capitol attack, far-right influencers and extremists are taking new approaches to organizing online.

The stock is down from its high on Friday, when the Republican congresswoman purchased the shares.

A federal judge sentenced Troy Smocks, 58, to 14 months in prison for posting violent threats on to Parler on January 6.

The Trump Media and Technology Group is merging with a blank-check company to form a home for Truth Social and a “non-woke” streaming platform.

The first major survey of the conceptual artist’s work in 20 years is at the Art Institute of Chicago through Jan. 24.

Enrique Tarrio admitted to burning a Black Lives Matter flag, stolen from a church, in July.

Sandberg said the attack was planned on other platforms, such as Parler, the "free speech" app that conservatives flocked to after the election.

The No. 1 critic of censorship on cable news has a personal brush with the scourge.

Inside the Reddit communities that can’t leave the right-wing internet alone

When the World Wide Web went public in 1991, its enthusiasts proclaimed a new era of unfiltered free expression. Thirty years later, the debate is over how, not whether, to filter what’s said online. In the U.S., home to the biggest social media companies, the challenge came into greater focus during the presidency of Donald Trump, who used his accounts to attack opponents while blaming social media for -- as he put it in a tweet -- “suppressing voices of conservatives and hiding information and

When the World Wide Web went public in 1991, its enthusiasts proclaimed a new era of unfiltered free expression. Thirty years later, the debate is over how, not whether, to filter what’s said online. In the U.S., home to the biggest social media companies, the challenge came into greater focus during the presidency of Donald Trump, who used his accounts to attack opponents while blaming social media for -- as he put it in a tweet -- “suppressing voices of conservatives and hiding information and

Parler, the social media app removed from iPhones and Android devices in the wake of the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol, is back on Apple's App Store.

When social media platform Parler comes back to life on Apple’s App Store, it will be designed to be a less offensive version than what users will be able to see elsewhere.

Apple says the social networking site's updated content moderation policy is now compliant.

Apple will hold its first media event of the year Tuesday. Dubbed "Spring Loaded," the event will be livestreamed from the tech giant's campus in Cupertino, California. Apple CEO Tim Cook is expected to unveil new iPads, AirPods and an operating system feature that has privacy advocates cheering. CBSN technology reporter Dan Patterson joined "CBSN AM" to talk about the big day and Apple's decision to allow far-right social networking app Parler back on its app store.

Apple says the social networking site's updated content moderation policy is now compliant.

Apple will reinstate the Parler app. It was pulled from the App Store after it was used to publicize the Capitol riot and content featured calls for violence.

Parler says it warned FBI before Capitol riot Alternative social media network Parler says it warned the FBI repeatedly in the days and weeks leading up to the January 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol. CBS News senior investigative correspondent Catherine Herridge joins CBSN's Lana Zak to discuss.

Parler, a social network popular among conservatives, is claiming that it repeatedly warned the FBI that there could be violence on January 6. Days and weeks before rioters pushed their way into the U.S. Capitol, Parler says it referred violent content to the FBI more than 50 times, including specific threats being planned. "Parler even alerted law enforcement to specific threats of violence being planned on the Capitol," the letter said. "Even after the violent attacks stopped, Parler continued to dutifully and proactively report posts to the FBI where users threatened additional violence." "It was zero threat, right from the start, it was zero threat," he said.

Social network says it warned FBI before Capitol riot Parler, a social network popular among conservatives, says it warned the FBI repeatedly about threats ahead of the Capitol riot. Catherine Herridge has more.

Before, during, and even after the violent attack on the Capitol, the social media site Parler was a megaphone for Trump supporters. "These are things that mainstream social networks have policies against," said Kevin Roose, a tech columnist for The New York Times. Over the weekend, Amazon became the latest tech giant to notify Parler it was suspending its account. CBS News consumer investigative correspondent Anna Werner asked Roose, "Do you think this is the end of Parler?" That's because other vendors have also dropped the site following Amazon, Google and Apple's actions.

Christophe Gateau/APNEW YORK (AP) — John Matze says he has been fired as CEO of Parler, which was among social media services used to plan the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol by supporters of then-President Donald Trump. Matze’s announcement Wednesday followed Amazon’s Jan. 11 decision to remove Parler from its web-hosting service over its unwillingness to remove posts that called for the killing, rape and torture of politicians, tech executives and others. Google and Apple removed Parler’s app from their online stores.

And legal experts agree that these tech companies are exercising their full legal rights to moderate anything on their platforms. Instead, he has used recent days to launch an attack on social media companies. The app and website served as a social media forum for groups of far-right extremists and QAnon conspiracy theorists. “Enough of allowing Big Tech – Twitter, Google, Facebook and Apple — to silence our freedom of speech,” Lt. Gov. And Section 230 of the act protects media companies from legal liability for what their users post.

Amazon wont be forced to restore web service to Parler after a federal judge ruled Thursday, Jan. 21, 2021 against a plea to reinstate the fast-growing social media app favored by followers of former President Donald Trump. (AP Photo/Steven Senne, file)(AP) – Amazon won’t be forced to immediately restore web service to Parler after a federal judge ruled Thursday against a plea to reinstate the fast-growing social media app, which is favored by followers of former President Donald Trump. The social media app, a magnet for the far right, sued to get back online, arguing that Amazon Web Services had breached its contract and abused its market power. But people who had already downloaded the Parler app were still able to use it until Amazon Web Services pulled the plug on the website. Parler argued in its lawsuit that Amazon violated antitrust laws by colluding with Twitter, which also uses some Amazon cloud computing services, to quash the upstart social media app.

A U.S. judge has refused to order Amazon to bring Parler back online, delivering a blow to the upstart social media network. Parler had become a haven for many conservatives and Trump supporters who felt traditional social media companies were censoring their speech. In response, Parler filed a lawsuit against Amazon Web Services in U.S. District Court in Seattle for withdrawing support and demanded that AWS reinstate its account. The judge also rebuffed Parler's claim that Amazon pulled the plug on the site to benefit Twitter and violated antitrust laws. Epik is a company that sells domain names and it also hosts Gab, a social media network that's popular with the far-right.

Tracking far-right threats online ahead of Inauguration Day Thousands of far-right online users have moved from mainstream social media platforms to lesser-known sites such as Parler, Signal and Telegram to continue their dialogue. Because some of these conversations are encrypted, law enforcement is facing a new challenge in tracking potential threats ahead of Inauguration Day. CBSN technology reporter Dan Patterson joins CBSN AM to discuss what he's seeing.

The Parler website home screen on a laptop computer arranged in the Brooklyn borough of New York, U.S., on Friday, Dec. 18, 2020. The Parler website dropped offline on Jan. 11 after Amazon withdrew its support in the wake of the deadly U.S. Capitol riot. AWS withdrew its support for Parler on Jan. 10 after concluding that posts on the company's website and apps encourage and promote violence. Matze said in a statement that Parler removed violent content and added that its community guidelines don't allow Parler to be knowingly used for criminal activity. Google and Apple removed the Parler app from their app stores on Jan. 8 and Jan. 9 respectively.

But because no cloud provider is as popular as Amazon, people skilled in, say, Oracle's cloud aren't as as easy to find as those who know how to build on AWS. It would take time to figure out how to perform similar functions on Parler's own servers or a cloud other than AWS. Parler filed suit against Amazon in federal district court in an attempt to stop Amazon from suspending Parler's account, and Amazon pushed back, requesting that the court deny Parler's motion. Large AWS customers can sign up for more extensive agreements, which allow more customers time to get into compliance if they wind up breaking rules. Parler recognized the drawbacks of being beholden to a cloud provider, but ultimately, the flexibility clouds offer was too appealing to ignore.

Screenshots of the Parler app viewed by CNBC show users had posted references to firing squads, along with calls to bring weapons to the inauguration of President-elect Joe Biden next week. Okta's action came shortly after Amazon Web Services announced it would no longer provide cloud services to Parler, citing "violent content" on the platform platform that violated AWS' terms of service. In response, Parler sued Amazon and accused the Seattle-based company of violating antitrust laws. Google and Apple also have removed the Parler app from their app stores. Eschewing a similar stance to McKinnon, Apple said Parler failed to take "adequate measures to address the proliferation" of threats on its platform.

Tech giant Apple is spending $100 million to expand opportunities for communities of color in technology and entrepreneurship. "Think of it as an innovation hub and we'll work on things from coding, to machine learning, to creativity, to entertainment arts," Cook said. As for Vice President Lisa Jackson, she first served as President Obama's EPA administrator before coming to Apple in 2013. "The first ever, in the United States, app developer academy," Jackson revealed, aimed at giving "some extra lift to Black and brown developers." "We have terms of service for our app store, and some of those terms of service he's in violation of."

Amazon is asking a federal judge to let it keep Parler offline, saying the conservative media site brushed aside appeals from the Amazon Web Services division that Parler police its violent content both before and after the Capitol insurrection. Amazon Web Services booted Parler from its cloud services just after midnight Pacific time Monday, with the site unreachable online as of 4:30 a.m. Amazon said it dropped Parler because it was not confident in the site's ability to monitor content on its platform promoting or inciting violence. Parler's refusal to moderate content resulted in a "steady increase" in violent content on the network, breaching Amazon's terms of service, AWS contended. In its complaint filed Monday, Parler contended Amazon's "decision to effectively terminate Parler's account is apparently motivated by political animus.

Amazon defended its decision to drop Parler from its web hosting service in response to a lawsuit filed by the social media app earlier this week. In court filings late Tuesday, Amazon said it flagged dozens of pieces of violent content to the social media app starting in November. Amazon pulled the plug on Parler, a social media app popular with Trump supporters, last week in the wake of the deadly U.S. Capitol riot. Parler filed a lawsuit against Amazon on Monday, accusing Amazon of breaching its contract and breaking antitrust laws. In some Parler posts, users made threats to "burn down Amazon delivery trucks" and Apple stores, as well as "seize Amazon's servers."

Right-wing social network Parler sues Amazon for pulling the plug The right-wing social network Parler is suing Amazon after it removed Parler from its web hosting service following last week's attack on the Capitol. New York Times technology reporter Davey Alba joins CBSN's "Red & Blue" anchor Elaine Quijano to discuss the lawsuit and the trove of user information that was downloaded before the site went dark.

Apple CEO Tim Cook says Trump should answer for his part in Capitol Hill violence Apple removed the social media app Parler, popular with the far right, from its app store over the weekend. Apple CEO Tim Cook says the platform violated Apple's terms of service by not adequately monitoring posts that incite violence. "CBS This Morning" co-host Gayle King spoke with Cook about the assault on the Capitol and asked him what needs to happen next.

HOUSTON – After a steady rise in popularity, the social media site Parler disappeared over the course of a weekend. Many media analysts view what happened to the site as a test case for shaping what role big tech may play in policing speech on the internet. Parler was founded in 2018 but exploded in popularity in the run-up to the 2020 election. Laster said she is uncomfortable with large tech companies involved in decisions on what is allowed speech. However, KPRC 2 Legal Analyst Brian Wice said free speech only applies to the government, not private business.

Though stripped of his Twitter account for inciting rebellion, President Donald Trump does have alternative options of much smaller reach. Amazon kicked Parler off its web-hosting service, and the social media app promptly sued to get back online, telling a federal judge that the tech giant had breached its contract and abused its market power. It was a roller coaster of activity for Parler, a 2-year-old magnet for the far right that welcomed a surge of new users. 1 free app on iPhones late last week after Facebook, Twitter and other mainstream social media platforms silenced President Donald Trump’s accounts over comments that seemed to incite Wednesday’s violent insurrection. Organizers of pro-Trump forces are already regrouping in other forums, such as the conservative-friendly social media site Gab, as new actions are planned ahead of President-elect Joe Biden's inauguration.

Though stripped of his Twitter account for inciting rebellion, President Donald Trump does have alternative options of much smaller reach. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)BOSTON – President Donald Trump has been kicked off of most mainstream social media platforms following his supporters’ siege on the U.S. Capitol. Still, Parler might be attractive to Trump since it's where his sons Eric and Don Jr. are already active. Losing Amazon Web Services will mean Parler needs to scramble to find another web host, in addition to the re-engineering. First, there may be an accelerated splintering of the social media world along ideological lines.

HOUSTON – The social media platform Parler has been gaining in popularity since the summer but shot to the top of Android and Apple stores in the run-up to the 2020 presidential election. In a statement issued on Parler, Rebekah Mercer stated her father has no involvement in the social media site. That someone is Parler, a beacon to all who value their liberty, free speech, and personal privacy,” Mercer wrote. You can also find Prager U, OANN and NEWSMAX feeds on the Parler platform. Chair of Communication Studies at Texas Southern University, Dr. Toniesha Taylor said, just like news media, social media sites labeled either conservative or liberal only further fractures the national discussion.

Here’s a breakdown of what we know and don’t know yet about the social media platform. Parler is people and privacy-focused, and gives you the tools you need to curate your Parler experience.”Parler's homepage, as of Nov. 10, 2020. Trump supporters and right-wing conservatives have flocked to Parler since the election as many say they believe mainstream social media platforms have unfairly censored their views. The platform has since become a common post on people’s social media pages with messages or simply the logo telling people that they’re migrating to Parler from mainstream social media, such as Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. Millions of people are on the social media platform now with accounts like Republican Texas Sen. Ted Cruz’s page reportedly garnering more than 3 million, Fox host Sean Hannity with 2.5 million and Eric Trump with 1.4 million.