2 This illustration picture shows social media application logo from Parler displayed on a smartphone in Arlington, Virginia on July 2, 2020 Photo: Photo by Olivier DOULIERY / AFP) (Photo by OLIVIER DOULIERY/AFP via Getty Images (Getty Images) Parler, which rose to prominence as the “conservative Twitter” thanks to its lax content moderation, is having one of the worst weeks of its existence—indeed, after the time it’s had, Parler may cease to exist at all. Advertisement Like an old-world pariah cast out of its village for various social crimes, the app was driven literally off the internet over the weekend, as Google, Amazon, and Apple all banned the app from their platforms. It was a whiplash-inducing turn of events for a company that, until this weekend, was one of the fastest-growing apps on the internet.