Meet Rebekah Mercer, the deep-pocketed co-founder of Parler, a controversial conservative social net

[BigmanPigman]

https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2020/11/15/media/rebekah-mercer-parler/index.html?__twitter_impression=true

"Meet Rebekah Mercer, the deep-pocketed co-founder of Parler, a controversial conservative social network"

Rebekah Mercer, a prominent conservative donor, revealed Saturday that she is helping to bankroll Parler, the rapidly growing but controversial conservative social media platform that was at the top of App Store charts last week. Mercer is the daughter of Robert Mercer, a hedge fund manager and the co-founder of the now-defunct political data-analysis firm Cambridge Analytica. The Mercers have been prominent supporters of President Donald Trump and conservative causes. "John and I started Parler to provide a neutral platform for free speech, as our founders intended, and also to create a social media environment that would protect data privacy," Mercer said in a statement on the platform. "The ever increasing tyranny and hubris of our tech overlords demands that someone lead the fight against data mining, and for the protection of free speech online. That someone is Parler, a beacon to all who value their liberty, free speech, and personal privacy."

Twitter (TWTR), more than Facebook (FB), took aggressive action on many of President Trump's tweets during the election. At one point, the social network applied warning labels to more than a third of Trump's tweets after polls closed. Some of Trump's tweets were hidden behind a warning label which users had to click through before being able to read what they said.

With big tech companies flagging false information, Parler has become a free-for-all for conservative voices. According to an ADL report released on Thursday, members of the Proud Boys, adherents of conspiracy theory QAnon, anti-government extremists and white supremacists all openly promote their views on Parler. "Holocaust denial, antisemitism, racism and other forms of bigotry are also easy to find," the ADL said.

[RainCaster]

1. Isn't Rebekah Mercer a niece of George Soros?

Wouldn't that be a "fun fact" to tell all your conservative friends?

[zaj]

2. No, they did it to capture and control the conservative movement.

Like, "fair and balanced", they are using poll-tested marketing buzzwords like "freedom!" to capture their audience. The lying baked into the buzzwords is a bonus feature.

[2naSalit]

4. +1

[Duncan Grant]

3. See also: "The blow-it-all-up-billionaires" by Vicky Ward

Not to dilute this important piece, but there’s more to the Mercer’s tech interests. Here’s a link to their Cambridge Analytica/trump campaign 2016 evil doings.

[2naSalit]

5. +1

[SunSeeker]

6. OMG, the Mercers are behind this too?

They are truly a force for evil in this country.

[The Mouth]

7. Parler AKA 'Meinspace"

[LiberalLovinLug]

8. The new 4chan

[Laha]

9. Oh let them go

It'll be nice that they're talking amongst themselves instead of messing up everyone else's feeds. Plus those idiots won't be able to stop themselves from posting identifying pictures and information for the fame and glory amongst their peers. Will be a nice source of leads and evidence for when they start to plan to do something stupid.

[Dorn]

10. Will it be like Conservapedia -- which said that Jesus was god's nephew?

Before they fixed it.

[Universal Karma]

11. Just like the Eric Prince

The Mercers need to be tried for treason.

[kimbutgar]

12. Too bad a bad virus can't hurt that site

[soldierant]

13. The Mercer family has a LOT of experience with corruption.

Far more than Zuckerberg had when he started Facebook. Of course he appears to be a natural. But they still could outgun and outsmart him, I suspect.

[rpannier]

14. I thought that was the role of 8kun

[rpannier]

15. Would it be wrong for someone to create thousands of bot accounts there

and continually flood their board with liberal posts?
Just asking