After the election of Joe Biden, the parler platform was on a real high altitude that culminated on the Capitol in the storm and then took an abrupt end.Now the controversial network wants to fight back with Russian help.
Only a few days have passed since the social network Parler had to say goodbye to the Internet and app stores.Now the popular service with Russian help, particularly with right -wing extremists and conspiracy theorists, wants to go back online.
Founder John Matze announces that the return of the service is inevitable on a static website of the platform.The service website has been reached again since Monday, but contains, among other things, a Matze contribution that has already been dated Friday.
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Parler boss John Matze reports back.(Photo: Screenshot / Website)
Since then, more articles have been published.The team is working on restoring the functions of the social platform.
The rapid rise of Parler
Parler was founded in 2018 by software developers John Matze and Jared Thomson-with a friendly (especially financial) support from the Trump supporter Rebekah Mercer.
The daughter of the billionaire and hedge fund manager Robert Mercer, together with the two founders, wanted to create "a neutral platform for freedom of speaking", quoted the Wall Street Journal from one of its Parler posts.
The platform has committed itself to the unreserved freedom of speech and expression and therefore almost exclusively waives the moderation of the content.A feast for agitators and conspiracy ideologies.
According to their own statements, the number of users doubled from five to ten million in November 2020 - especially after the presidential election in the USA.At the time of the shutdown in January 2021, the number of users is said to have been 20 million.
The even more rapid case
After the storm on the Capitol on January 6, 2021 in Washington, D.C., Google first pulled the ripcord and banished the app from his play store.Apple followed up and Amazon, whose daughter AWS had hosted the platform, terminated his services.
So on January 11, 2021 there was a complete shut-down capacity due to a lack of server capacities.The reason: On the platform, violent acts had been called up to the service that the service did not moderate.
Russia makes it possible
After the withdrawal of the US tech giants, Parler now wants to go back into the net with the help of DDOS-Guard.DDOS-Guard is listed in Scotland, but is under the direction of two Russians.
In the past, the company has already been associated with racist websites and also supports the pages of the Russian government, reports Reuters.
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In an interview with Fox News that Matze shared on the platform that was available again, he explained his confidence that Parler will be fully operational again at the end of January.
Critics see the step towards a Russian host as a security risk, the Guardian describes the collaboration as "a strange choice for a website that is popular with self -proclaimed patriots".But it would not be the first time that Russian propaganda Trump and his followers play into his hands.
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