The Expat Money Show - With Mikkel Thorup 111: Defending Speech Freedom Against Big Tech: Insights from Parler CEO – John Matze
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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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/Mentioned in this episode:
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