Parler CEO John Matze Community Town Square View Of Free Speech On Social Media Sites

From Fox News "Parler CEO says platform serves as 'community town square': The platform is free of restrictions and censorship, CEO told told "Tucker Carlson Tonight" " by Yael Halon:

Parler takes a far more laissez-faire approach, offering a platform where users, "liberated from restrictions," can publically express their ideas.

"We just want to sit back and say 'social media was supposed to be about the people. It was supposed to be about people having a free voice, being able to be, you know, liberated from restrictions,'" [Parler CEO John] Matze said. "And so that's what we are here to offer is a community town square for people to have discussions."

***"Well, when you go out in public people say crazy things all the time," Matze responded. "Everybody has opinions and some of them might not be the norm, right? It's not against the law to have those opinions. It's not against the law to express yourself, you know. And if you like one political candidate or another or you believe or don't believe in climate change or whatever it might be, you know, you shouldn't be taken offline because of it."

Addressing his critics, Mazte asked, "Do you believe that we should have somebody in, you know, New York, let's say in the middle of Times Square telling you what you can and cannot say? Because that's what these companies are doing."