Kanye West’s conservative social media platform

Elon Musk isn’t the only celebrity interested in buying a social media platform ...

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00:00Twitter and Instagram recently restricted Kanye West's accounts due to inflammatory anti-semitic remarks

00:05But we need to talk about his response

00:07Which is apparently buying his own social media platform

00:10He has agreed in principle to buy parlor a controversial right-wing social media app that saw rapid growth amid the 2020 election

00:17Quote in a world where conservative opinions are considered to be controversial

00:20We have to make sure we have the right to freely express ourselves

00:23He said in a release by parlor described as a quote loosely moderated free speech haven parlor gained popularity during Donald Trump's

00:29Presidency among conservative politicians and media figures the app peaked at an estimated 2.9 million daily users

00:36But currently sits around 40,000 last year parlor was criticized for failing to moderate violent rhetoric

00:41Pertaining to the January 6 riots and was temporarily blacklisted by multiple app stores

00:46And this deal comes at a very controversial period for yay earlier this month

00:50He made headlines for wearing a white lives matter t-shirt at Paris Fashion Week more recently

00:54He's repeated several anti-semitic conspiracy theories and questioned the cause of death of George Floyd