An executive for the industry group USTelecom, which represents Verizon, attributed the speed and price discrepancies to the fact that “legacy technologies can be more expensive." “Any suggestion that we discriminate in providing internet access is blatantly wrong,” AT&T spokesperson Jim Greer told The Markup. The ISPs mentioned in the report didn't deny offering different speed rates for the same price, but said it's not because they're intentionally discriminating. Once the deal went public on Monday, Ye spoke to former President Donald Trump over the phone - they reportedly made dinner plans, and Ye said he invited Trump to join Parler, a move that Ye would reciprocate by joining Truth Social. Ye had communicated with Elon Musk last week, prior to making the Parler acquisition offer, according to Bloomberg.
Parler is working through the details of how the acquisition will affect its leadership team, according to Levine. “That alignment with his brand and his brilliance in promotion and the people he can attract to this site are the perfect fit for us moving forward,” Levine said.
Parler currently has around 70 employees, he said. He also said the company wants to expand beyond politics by recruiting new users who are musicians, athletes, and comedians. In the three days since the news of the acquisition broke, Parler has seen four times as many new users sign up as it did in the preceding month, Levine told Protocol. When asked whether any of Ye’s statements would or could lead to Parler backing out of the deal, Levine said he wouldn’t comment on anything Ye said in his personal life. Ye has only doubled down on his anti-Semitic rhetoric in recent days. Ye made anti-Semitic remarks on both platforms, prompting Twitter to lock his account and Instagram to delete his post and place other restrictions on his platform activity. In an interview later that day, Ye said the Parler acquisition was motivated by his experience being “kicked off” Instagram and Twitter.
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