Right-wing platform Parler fires its CEO

Parler’s board of directors has fired the company’s CEO, John Matze, who led the controversial right-wing social media platform since 2018.

The site is accused of hosting right-wingers who plotted the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol, and its app has been removed from Apple’s and Google’s platforms. Amazon removed Parler from its web servers in early January.

Matza said the decision for his removal was made Jan. 29.

“Over the past few months, I’ve met constant resistance to my product vision, my strong belief in free speech and my view of how the Parler site should be managed,” Matze wrote in a letter to employees, according to Fox Business. “The future of Parler is no longer in my hands.”