The advocacy group Parents Together Action issued a public warning Friday about the alternative social media app Parler, arguing it doesn’t moderate content, which is “dangerous for minors.”
“Parents should know that due to Parler’s dangerous combination of an extremist user base and almost non-existent moderation of content, hate speech, incitements to violence and disinformation about the election results are pervasive on the platform,” the group wrote.
Experts have raised concerns over the potential for disinformation to spread and conspiracy theories to flourish due to Parler’s hands-off approach.
In addition to the spread of disinformation, Parents Together Action cited posts “explicitly calling for targeted political violence and civil war” in response to Trump’s defeat, as well as those filled with hate speech.