Parler Available Again on Google Play Store, Truth Social Continues to Be Blocked

Parler Available Again on Google Play Store, Truth Social Continues to Be Blocked
This illustration photo shows a person checking the app store on a smartphone for "Truth Social"—owned by Trump Media & Technology Group—with its website on a computer screen in the background, in Los Angeles, Oct. 20, 2021. Chris Delmas/AFP via Getty Images
Naveen Athrappully
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Google has made social media platform Parler available for download through its Play Store, more than a year and half after it had removed the app.

Launched in 2018, Parler quickly became a sought-after social media platform for conservatives as it promised to protect free speech rights and not engage in unwanted censorship. However, following the Jan. 6 Capitol breach, major app stores removed Parler from their offerings, accusing the company of failing to moderate content that they claimed may have played a role in the incident.

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