Banned Parler app back in the App Store, amid ownership mystery [Video]

The Parler app – which was removed by Apple after accusations that it was used to plan and facilitate the attack on the Capitol on January 6, 2021 – is now back in the App Store. The Android version of the social media app has not yet been accepted back into the Google Play Store.

The company’s new CEO says that the app’s focus on completely unmoderated posts has now changed, though it’s unclear who actually owns and controls the business now …

Parler originally launched back in 2018, as self-described “free speech” social media site in which posts were said to be completely unmoderated. It attracted users who’d been banned from what was then Twitter for hate speech, death threats, and more.

The app was heavily associated with the attempted insurrection at the Capitol building, with more than 500 videos posted on Parler during the assault, many of them from inside the building. …