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Every Deleted Parler Post, Many With Users' Location Data, Has Been Archived

Every Deleted Parler Post, Many With Users' Location Data, Has Been Archived

Every Deleted Parler Post, Many With Users' Location Data, Has Been Archived
11 January 2021

In the wake of the violent insurrection at the U.S. Capitol by scores of President Trump’s supporters, a lone researcher began an effort to catalogue the posts of social media users across Parler, a platform founded to provide conservative users a safe haven for uninhibited “free speech” — but which ultimately devolved into a hotbed of far-right conspiracy theories, unchecked racism, and death threats aimed at prominent politicians.

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