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Self-Described ‘Hacker’ Says She’s Archived 99% Of Parler Posts For Public Record, Including Raw Video With Metadata

"I want this to be a big middle finger to those who say hacking shouldn't be political."

Jeffrey Cawood
Self-Described ‘Hacker’ Says She’s Archived 99% Of Parler Posts For Public Record, Including Raw Video With Metadata
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A Twitter user who describes herself as a hacker says she has archived around 99% of the content from the social media platform Parler, which went dark early Monday as Amazon banished the site from its cloud hosting service. The documentation reportedly includes deleted posts and raw video files that had been uploaded to the online forum, complete with metadata.

Parler has become the preferred social media platform for several supporters of President Donald Trump and far-right groups concerned about being censored by more mainstream alternatives, such as Facebook and Twitter.

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