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The agreement in principle to buy the social media service comes days after Twitter and Instagram restricted the rapper’s account for violating its terms.

Kanye West, now known as Ye, said that he planned to purchase Parler, in the wake of being suspended from Instagram and Twitter.

Parler was used by the Proud Boys chair to call on the groups members to "turn out in record numbers on the 6th" ahead of the deadly Capitol riot.

Billionaire musician Kanye West is buying Parler, the free speech-championing social media app that rose to prominence amid allegations that rival Twitter was suppressing conservative voices.

The company said that the deal would help create "an uncancelable ecosystem where all voices are welcome."

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Social media platform Parler, which was introduced in 2018, has a significant user base of supporters of Americans with conservative views. Many Twitter users... 17.10.2022, Sputnik International

Kanye has a fraction of the followers on Parler that he does on Twitter and Instagram, which he has been locked out of for over a week.

Value of parler. we dont know quite what it is. theyve only been able to raise less than $100 million. that seems like a lot to people. it is not a lot if youre talking about a global social media platform. so theres going to be market controls. and the third is, of course, lawsuits. these social media platforms are looking at vulnerability. they have for allowing the organization by letting people get together and hate as much they want, but organizing of violence. and probably one lawsuit away...

The news of the deal goes after the rapper now goes legally by ye was blocked by instagram over a post. ye posting on parler in a world where conservative opinions are considered to be controversial, we have to make sure we have the right to freely express ourselves. so where could all of this lead? lets discuss with cnn national security analyst juliette kayyem. first, juliette, talk to us about parler, why is it so controversial? >> as i say, let me say, it advertising itself as a conservative...