Parler user data was saved and could be exploited

Published January 11, 2021 11:32pm ET



Social media platform Parler is currently offline, but its public content was scraped and archived Monday by researchers, who could use the data to help identify criminals.

Parler users who uploaded videos and texts incriminating themselves as part of the attack on the U.S. Capitol last week could be held accountable thanks to the newly archived Parler data.

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