Tim Robberts/Getty Images (NEW YORK) -- Parler, a social media platform popular among conservatives, will temporarily shut down after being acquired by the hedge fund Starboard, the company said on Friday. The acquisition comes months after the failure of a bid for the app's parent company, Parlement Technologies, undertaken by Ye, the rapper formerly known as Kanye West. Starboard pulled down the app as part of a "strategic assessment" but plans to relaunch the platform, the company said in a statement.

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