Parler GPS Data Shows Users Posting from Military Bases

Parler GPS Data Shows Users Posting from Military Bases

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https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/akd4mg/parler-gps-data-military-police

Users of far-right social media platform Parler included people who posted from inside U.S. military facilities and bases, according to a Motherboard analysis of GPS locations scraped from Parler.

The data is not conclusive evidence of active military members using the platform, and the overlap comes with several important caveats. Some of the people who are on a military base at a given time can include civilians who work there as well as the families of active service members. Motherboard has not confirmed the identities of any of the Parler posters and has also not analyzed the specific content posted from within the bases. But the news comes as prosecutors press charges against current and former military personnel for participating in the Capitol Hill event, and after a massive archive of Parler data showed that Parler users attended the riots.

Parler GPS Data Shows Users Posting from Military Bases

Jan 15, 2021, 6:57pm UTC
https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/akd4mg/parler-gps-data-military-police > Users of far-right social media platform Parler included people who posted from inside U.S. military facilities and bases, according to a Motherboard analysis of GPS locations scraped from Parler. > The data is not conclusive evidence of active military members using the platform, and the overlap comes with several important caveats. Some of the people who are on a military base at a given time can include civilians who work there as well as the families of active service members. Motherboard has not confirmed the identities of any of the Parler posters and has also not analyzed the specific content posted from within the bases. But the news comes as prosecutors press charges against current and former military personnel for participating in the Capitol Hill event, and after a massive archive of Parler data showed that Parler users attended the riots.