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111: Defending Speech Freedom Against Big Tech: Insights from Parler CEO – John Matze

The Expat Money Show - With Mikkel Thorup
The Expat Money Show - With Mikkel Thorup
Episode • Dec 17, 2020 • 1h 10m
Today’s guest on the Expat Money Show is John Matze, Founder, and CEO of Parler social media. If you’re not yet familiar with Parler, you soon will be, they are getting a TON of traction. It's an American microblogging and social networking service launched in August 2018. .

WHAT WE DISCUSSED IN THIS INTERVIEW:

  • Why would you want to take on the giants in social media? what a huge undertaking!
  • Did you think, "we can do it better than FB and Twitter"?
  • How much work was involved in building a platform to take on the giants
  • 12 Million Accounts since August 2018, WOW!
  • A paradigm shift for people
  • What does 'Free Speech' actually mean? and
  • Why Free Speech and why is it so important
  • Parler platform is neutral and John is neutral
  • Parler has Accounts, not Users
  • Getting verified and how it works
  • Scammers and Bots

 

HOW TO FIND JOHN'S WORK

  • @John on Parler

 

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CONCLUSION

John Matze is a hard-working, ethical entrepreneur who decided to make a social media platform that was based on freedom. I believe that he and his team are on their way to really making a difference. If you enjoyed the show, remember to give me a shout out on Parler @MikkelThorup and make sure you sign up for your free account at Parler   Listen on Vurbl: https://vurbl.com/station/oxPWFxisMm/  

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