?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=A+Large+Open+Dataset+from+the+Parler+Social+Network&rft.creator=Aliapoulios%2C+M&rft.creator=Bevensee%2C+E&rft.creator=Blackburn%2C+J&rft.creator=Bradlyn%2C+B&rft.creator=Cristofaro%2C+ED&rft.creator=Stringhini%2C+G&rft.creator=Zannettou%2C+S&rft.description=Parler+is+as+an+%60%60alternative''+social+network+promoting+itself+as+a+service+that+allows+to+%60%60speak+freely+and+express+yourself+openly%2C+without+fear+of+being+deplatformed+for+your+views.''+Because+of+this+promise%2C+the+platform+become+popular+among+users+who+were+suspended+on+mainstream+social+networks+for+violating+their+terms+of+service%2C+as+well+as+those+fearing+censorship.+In+particular%2C+the+service+was+endorsed+by+several+conservative+public+figures%2C+encouraging+people+to+migrate+from+traditional+social+networks.+After+the+storming+of+the+US+Capitol+on+January+6%2C+2021%2C+Parler+has+been+progressively+deplatformed%2C+as+its+app+was+removed+from+Apple%2FGoogle+Play+stores+and+the+website+taken+down+by+the+hosting+provider.+This+paper+presents+a+dataset+of+183M+Parler+posts+made+by+4M+users+between+August+2018+and+January+2021%2C+as+well+as+metadata+from+13.25M+user+profiles.+We+also+present+a+basic+characterization+of+the+dataset%2C+which+shows+that+the+platform+has+witnessed+large+influxes+of+new+users+after+being+endorsed+by+popular+figures%2C+as+well+as+a+reaction+to+the+2020+US+Presidential+Election.+We+also+show+that+discussion+on+the+platform+is+dominated+by+conservative+topics%2C+President+Trump%2C+as+well+as+conspiracy+theories+like+QAnon.&rft.subject=Social+network+analysis%3B+communities+identification%3B+expertise+and+authority+discovery%2C+Qualitative+and+quantitative+studies+of+social+media&rft.publisher=Association+for+the+Advancement+of+Artificial+Intelligence+(AAAI)+Press&rft.contributor=Budak%2C+C&rft.contributor=Cha%2C+M&rft.contributor=Quercia%2C+D&rft.contributor=Xie%2C+L&rft.date=2021&rft.type=Proceedings+paper&rft.language=eng&rft.source=+++++In%3A+Budak%2C+C+and+Cha%2C+M+and+Quercia%2C+D+and+Xie%2C+L%2C+(eds.)+Proceedings+of+the+International+AAAI+Conference+on+Web+and+Social+Media.++(pp.+pp.+943-951).++Association+for+the+Advancement+of+Artificial+Intelligence+(AAAI)+Press+(2021)+++++&rft.format=text&rft.identifier=https%3A%2F%2Fdiscovery.ucl.ac.uk%2Fid%2Feprint%2F10131750%2F1%2F2101.03820v3.pdf&rft.identifier=https%3A%2F%2Fdiscovery.ucl.ac.uk%2Fid%2Feprint%2F10131750%2F&rft.rights=open