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    Far-Right-Friendly Platform Parler Expected To Return To App Store Next Week

    Apple suspended the platform from its app store in the wake of the Capitol riots, citing inadequate content moderation practices. Parler says it will relaunch next week with "several new safeguards."
    by Rachel Treisman Apr 20, 2021 3 minutes
    Apple's app store is poised to reinstate Parler, which it suspended after the Capitol riots over what it described as violations of its guidelines around violent content.

    Months after dropping Parler from its app store, Apple has agreed to reinstate the platform if it makes certain updates to its content moderation practices, according to a letter it sent to two Republican lawmakers. Parler says it will relaunch next week with "several new safeguards" in place.

    Apple was one of to limit access to Parler — which is popular with far-right activists and describes itself as "the world's premiere free speech platform" — after

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