D ays after Kanye West was banned from Instagram and Twitter for making anti-semitic comments on social media, the rapper announced his intention to buy the right-wing social media app Parler. The platform has been removed from app services in the past due to concerns over its involvement in the US Capitol attacks. Although the financial terms of the deal haven’t been made public, the company has previously announced that it raised $56 million (£49 million) in funding from external investors, which gives some sense of the app’s value. Ye’s own financial worth is estimated to be close to $2...