Parler CEO: 'Not against the law' to express 'crazy' opinions

The CEO of conservative-boosted social media app Parler on Tuesday responded to criticism that the platform could spread extreme opinions and misinformation, saying that “people say crazy things all the time” and “it's not against the law to have those opinions.”

While appearing on Fox News’s “Tucker Carlson Tonight,” John Matze responded to questions from Carlson on why “corporate media is so afraid of what you’re doing.”

“I always ask them, ‘What do you think of the First Amendment? Do you believe that we should have somebody in New York, let’s say in the middle of Times Square, telling you what you can and cannot say?'” Matze said. “Because that’s what these companies are doing.”

“I don’t know why they’re so afraid. Maybe it’s because they don’t like that people are getting power again,” he continued.