Google allows controversial Parler app back on Play Store

New Delhi, Sep 3 (IANS) Google has lastly allowed conservative social media app Parler to be back on its Play Store, after it eliminated the app in January 2021 for violating its insurance policies following the US Capitol riots.

In April, Apple authorized Parler’s return to the App Store, following enhancements the corporate made to raised detect and reasonable hate speech.

“Major information: We’re back on the Google Play Store. Happy downloading, Android customers,” Parler app tweeted on Saturday.

Parler Chief Technology Officer Sam Lipoff mentioned that whereas away from Google Play, “we’ve got labored diligently to construct a extra feature-rich and dynamic consumer expertise”.

“Now is an ideal time to hitch Parler and rediscover the non-partisan platform the place we allow individuals to talk freely,” Lipoff posted.

Parler, a substitute for Facebook and Twitter that payments itself as a haven free of charge speech, was faraway from main tech platforms in early January following the US Capitol riots of January 6.

Parler was kicked off of Apple and Google’s app shops, in addition to Amazon Web Services, which had been internet hosting the corporate’s product.

Former US President Donald Trump’s social media platform known as Truth Social can also be going through related points with each Apple and Google, and the corporate is now working “in good religion with Google” to get it back on Play Store.

(Except for the headline, the remainder of this IANS article is un-edited)

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