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After his social media platform was largely wiped off the web, Parler CEO and co-founder John Matze says he has been fired by his company’s own board of directors, according to a memo obtained by Fox News and a text message confirmation he sent to Reuters.

Parler, of course, is the social network that found itself wholly deplatformed after its role in the January 6th riots at the US Capitol.

Matze claims he was terminated by the board led by Rebekah Mercer, and that he had “met constant resistance to my product vision,” according to the memo.

Parler does currently still have a website, but it’s mostly a timeline of grievances about how the company has been treated unjustly. Matze hasn’t posted there since Monday, January 26th. His...

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