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Ryan Lovelace

rlovelace@washingtontimes.com

Ryan Lovelace was a national security reporter for The Washington Times.

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Screen capture from Parler.com. The Twitter-alternative microblogging service, while aiming to be a freewheeling center for discussion, has strict rules forbidding pornography, threats of violence, and scatological imagery. (Parler.com) ** FILE **

Parler surges to top of app store charts after election projection

In the aftermath of election projections showing Joseph R. Biden as the presumptive president-elect, the burgeoning social media platform Parler has surged to the top of Apple and Google's app stores' charts driven by conservatives looking for a refuge from established social media platforms run by Big Tech companies.

November 9, 2020
This April 26, 2017, file photo shows the Twitter app icon on a mobile phone in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)

Twitter, Facebook crack down on pro-Trump content

Social media platforms have aggressively cracked down on President Trump and his supporters, particularly because of posts and content about alleged voter fraud in the election.

November 8, 2020