Before Amazon’s ban took Parler offline, hackers conducted a breach of around 70 terabytes worth of data, including private and deleted messages, from Parler users.
Parler CEO John Matze initially said the platform would be offline 'for up to a week,' but earlier today said 'we will likely be down longer than expected'
‘Parler is not an arbiter of truth,’ Matze said. ‘We believe you are wise enough to decide for yourself and trust that given access to all information we can self govern.’
On July 27, CNBC reported that Parler had surpassed both Twitter and Reddit to become the top-rated news-related iPhone app, adding half a million users in the span of just one week.