# Are social media's recent bannings a freedom of expression issue? **URL:** \ **Category:** Great Debates\ **Created:** [January 12, 2021, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-social-medias-recent-bannings-a-freedom-of-expression-issue/930330 "2021-01-12T14:56:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 90
**Author:** ![peccavi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peccavi/32/388_2.png) [@peccavi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/peccavi)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2021, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-social-medias-recent-bannings-a-freedom-of-expression-issue/930330/90 "2021-01-12T23:11:39Z")
I don’t want to harsh anyone’s buzz, and I think there are some fine sentiments about fighting the overwhelming monopoly, but it looks like somehow, in an environment where there are no avenues, Parler has found a light at the end of the tunnel… > [@New-ish "free speech" app, Parler](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-ish-free-speech-app-parler/925109/314): > > According to several sites, including [Business Insider](https://www.businessinsider.com/parler-moves-to-epik-domain-known-for-hosting-far-right-2021-1), Epik has agreed to host Parler. Parler registered its domain with Epik, a company known for hosting other far-right websites including [Gab](https://www.businessinsider.com/what-is-gab-social-media-platform-free-speech-first-amendment-2021-1), according to [publicly available WHOIS information](https://www.godaddy.com/whois/results.aspx?checkAvail=1&tmskey=tmskey%3D123&domain=https%3A%2F%2Fparler.com%2F). The news was [first reported](https://www.jamesnames.com/2021/01/parler-com-moves-to-epik/) by James Iles, a writer whose blog focuses on domain names. What was that, 4 days without Parler? Oh, the horror…the humanity…the trampling of expression… --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-social-medias-recent-bannings-a-freedom-of-expression-issue/930330)._