Trump’s Parler deal reportedly fell through over app’s refusal to ban critics

Plans to let former President Donald Trump become an active user of Parler got scuttled earlier this year when the social network refused to ban his critics from its platform, according to a report.

While Trump was still in office in January, representatives of the Trump family approached Parler with an offer to have the then-president move the bulk of his social media presence to the platform in exchange for 40 percent of the company’s gross revenues and a promise to “ban anyone who spoke negatively about him,” New York Magazine reported on Monday. The company was reportedly on board with giving Trump much of its revenues but balked at his demands to censor his critics.