Trump’s social media platform Truth Social off to a rocky start
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The backstory:
- Former United States President Donald Trump is launching a social media platform similar to Twitter and calling it Truth Social.
- According to Trump, the new platform is meant to “fight back against Big Tech,” the platforms, including Facebook, Twitter and Snapchat, that blocked him earlier this year.
- “We live in a world where the Taliban has a huge presence on Twitter, yet your favorite American President has been silenced,” Trump said in a statement. “This is unacceptable.” He also added, “I’m excited to soon begin sharing my thoughts on TRUTH Social and to fight back against Big Tech.”
- Some reports have said that he’s been working on a platform like this one since right after he left the White House last January.
- In October last year, Trump said he planned on merging his media company with a blank-check company called Digital World Acquisition Corp., but that’s facing some legal problems.
- The app launched on Presidents Day and has reportedly been in testing since December. It’s also been telling users that there’s a lengthy waiting list.
The development:
- But after launching yesterday, Truth Social got off to a rocky start. Some of its users, for example, were unable to register, and others received error messages.
- The app’s logo has also been said to be similar to Trailar Ltd.’s, which is a small United Kingdom-based sustainable transport company.
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