Parler CEO Is Fired After 'Constant Resistance' Inside The Conservative-Friendly Site : NPR

Rebekah Mercer, who controls Parler's board and was an early investor in the company, is a major donor to conservative causes, including Trump's 2016 campaign.

https://www.npr.org/2021/02/03/963832594/parler-ceo-is-fired-after-constant-resistance-inside-the-conservative-friendly-s

What Parler Saw During the Attack on the Capitol | ProPublica

As supporters of President Donald Trump took part in a violent riot at the Capitol, users of the social media service Parler posted videos of themselves and others joining the fray. ProPublica reviewed thousands of videos uploaded publicly to the service that were archived by a programmer before Parler was taken offline by its web host. Below is a collection of more than 500 videos that ProPublica determined were taken during the events of Jan. 6 and were relevant and newsworthy. Taken together, they provide one of the most comprehensive records of a dark event in American history through the eyes of those who took part. Read more: Why We Published Hundreds of Videos Taken by Parler Users of the Capitol Riots 

https://projects.propublica.org/parler-capitol-videos/

Why platforms had to cut off Trump and Parler - The Verge

Last week's deplatforming isn't as unprecedented as it looks.

https://www.theverge.com/22224860/parler-trump-deplatformed-capitol-raid-moderation-censorship-facebook-amazon-twitter

Trump's Coup Was Born Online - The Atlantic

..The movement has now done exactly what it promised. Today, a mob took over the Capitol building to stymie the certification of the presidential election. Members of Congress were told to take cover, and then to evacuate. One woman was shot and killed. The New York Times reports that the mob organized on the social-media platforms Parler and Gab, while BuzzFeed News reports that it also used Facebook...

https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2021/01/trump-coup-qanon-twitter/617582/

Parler, Telegram erupt with violent threats ahead of Trump’s rally against 2020 election - The Washington Post

"You have what disinformation researchers have worried about for years, which is people becoming motivated to action by lies," said Joan Donovan, the research director at Harvard Kennedy School's Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public Policy.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2021/01/05/parler-telegram-violence-dc-protests/

Conservatives flock to a free speech social media app — which has started banning liberal users

Many of Parler's users have voiced their disapproval of how mainstream platforms such as Facebook and Twitter moderate content.
https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/conservatives-flock-free-speech-social-media-app-which-has-started-n1232844