# New-ish "free speech" app, Parler

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-ish-free-speech-app-parler/925109>\
**Category:** Politics & Elections\
**Created:** [November 9, 2020, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-ish-free-speech-app-parler/925109 "2020-11-09T03:40:43Z")\
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**Post date:** [January 12, 2021, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-ish-free-speech-app-parler/925109/314 "2021-01-12T22:34:36Z")

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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.

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