Parler, the controversial social media app crawls back online on ‘independent technology’ reuters.com

Parler, the controversial social media website that disappeared after the U.S. Capitol riot, re-launched on Monday and said its new platform was built on “sustainable, independent technology.”

The social media app, popular with American right-wing users, also announced it has appointed Mark Meckler as interim Chief Executive of the company. Mecker was appointed to replace John Matze who was fired by the board this month.

Parler went offline after it was cut off by Amazon.com and other major service providers that accused the app of failing to police violent content related to the deadly January 6, 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol by followers of then-U.S. President Donald Trump.

Despite the relaunch, Parler was still not opening for many users and the app was not available for download on mobile stores run by Apple and Alphabet-owned Google, which had earlier banned the app.

While several users took to rival Twitter to complain they were unable to access the service, a few others said they could access their existing account.

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