On the Day Twitter Banned Trump, Parler Downloads Surged by More Than 500%

The service is now shut down as it seeks a new hosting service

Sarah Emerson
OneZero
Published in
3 min readJan 11, 2021

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App downloads of “free speech” platforms Parler and MeWe jumped in the days following riots at the Capitol on Wednesday and the subsequent permanent suspension of President Donald Trump’s Twitter account. Before Parler’s removal from…

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Sarah Emerson
OneZero

Staff writer at OneZero covering social platforms, internet communities, and the spread of misinformation online. Previously: VICE