After a slow start, Donald Trump’s Truth Social has passed Gab, Parler, and other right-wing social media in unique visitors, largely due to Trump posting (New York Times)

Tiffany Hsu / New York Times:
Pew: 6% of US adults regularly get news on BitChute, Gab, Gettr, Parler, Rumble, Telegram, or Truth Social, but no one site drew over 2% of those seeking news  —  The appeal of platforms like Parler, Truth Social and Telegram is another symptom of the partisan divide in media, according to the Pew Research Center.

Makena Kelly / The Verge:
Parler restructures as Parlement Technologies after raising a $16M Series B and acquires Dynascale to offer “uncancelable” cloud services for online businesses  —  On Friday, Parler announced that it was entering the internet infrastructure industry in order to provide new …

Darrell Etherington / TechCrunch:
Parler’s owner says it “has mutually agreed with Ye to terminate the intent of sale of Parler”, after announcing the deal in October  —  Despite a joint statement between Ye (fka Kanye West) and Parler in October noting that the two had reached an agreement for the rapper to buy …

Sara Fischer / Axios:
Google reinstates Parler to the Play Store after removing it following the January 6 Capitol attack, citing measures Parler has taken to moderate content  —  A year and a half after it was removed from Google’s Play Store, Parler, a Twitter alternative that attracts conservatives, has returned to the showcase for Android apps.

Steven Lee Myers / New York Times:
Research: Russia reactivates its troll and bot networks on Gab, Parler, and other platforms, seeking to influence the US midterms and erode support for Ukraine  —  Researchers have identified a series of Russian information operations to influence American elections and, perhaps, erode support for Ukraine.

Washington Post:
Sources: Donald Trump tells allies that he can’t leave Truth Social for Twitter because he’s propping it up and doesn’t want the brand to collapse  —  The former president has told his allies that he can’t leave his Twitter clone because he’s propping it up, and he doesn’t want a site so closely associated with his brand to collapse.