Parler returns to Apple's App Store, names new CEO

By Elizabeth Culliford
FILE PHOTO Silhouette of a mobile user seen next to a screen projection of the Apple logo in this picture illustration taken March 28 2018. REUTERSDado RuvicIllustrationFile Photo

FILE PHOTO: Silhouette of a mobile user seen next to a screen projection of the Apple logo in this picture illustration taken March 28, 2018. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo

(Reuters) -Parler, a social media app popular with U.S. conservatives, returned to Apple Inc's App Store on Monday, after the iPhone maker dropped it following the deadly Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol.

Parler also named George Farmer, the company's chief operating officer since March, as its new chief executive and said interim CEO Mark Meckler would be leaving.

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