Alternative social media platforms fuel polarization, conspiracies

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As social media giants begin cracking down on disinformation and misinformation, rival sites are popping up, where no such restrictions or warnings exist. Jackson Proskow takes a look at how conservatives are flocking to new sites like Parler where many falsehoods and outright lies go unchallenged by the platform itself. MORE: https://globalnews.ca/news/7438528/trump-pennsylvania-ballots-twitter/ For more info, please go to http://www.globalnews.ca Subscribe to Global News Channel HERE: http://bit.ly/20fcXDc Like Global News on Facebook HERE: http://bit.ly/255GMJQ Follow Global News on Twitter HERE: http://bit.ly/1Toz8mt Follow Global News on Instagram HERE: https://bit.ly/2QZaZIB #Parler #GlobalNews #Trump

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Parler is a micro-blogging business, pitched as a free-speech alternative to Twitter.

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Parler is an American alt-tech microblogging and social networking service. Parler has a significant user base of Donald Trump supporters, conservatives, conspiracy theorists, and right-wing extremists. Posts on the service often contain far-right content, antisemitism, and conspiracy theories such as QAnon.

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