Parler, a social media site that bills itself as a "free speech platform", said Monday that it had entered into a deal to buy another company, and that it had a new owner.

The news was announced in a press release by Parlement Technologies.

In a world where conservative opinions are considered to be controversial, we have to make sure we have the right to express ourselves.

George Farmer is the CEO of Parlement Technologies.

West has been involved in a number of recent scandals.

The rapper wore a "White Lives Matter" t-shirt and made antisemitic comments.

West was locked out of his account on the social networking site after he said he was going to kill Jews.

Parler is known for having less strict content moderation policies than other platforms.

After the January 6 Capitol riots, Parler was removed from its web hosting service by Amazon.

John Matze, Parler's former CEO, sued the company in March 2021, accusing it of theft. Matze claimed that he was ousted by the company.