More bad news for Trump’s Truth Social app
Twitter rip-off Truth Social platform: it remains barred on the Google Play store, denying potential access to around 44% of US smartphone users.Truth Social launched on the Apple Store in February.
Almost immediately, it was beset by problems, with users reporting problems trying to create accounts. It has never been available on the Google Play store, but Truth Social executives have previously indicated it was only a matter of time.Related: Everything is crumbling around Donald Trump and he can’t find a single good lawyer to help him outIn fact, only last week, the app’s CEO Devin Nunes was asked during a TV interview why it wasn’t available on Google Play.
He said, “That’s up to the Google Play store. We’re waiting on them to approve us. I don’t know what’s taking so long.”Google called BS on this.Approached by several media outlets, asking why the app was not on Google Play, the tech giant gave a blunt response.“On Aug.
19, we notified Truth Social of several violations of standard policies in their current app submission and reiterated that having effective systems for moderating user-generated content is a condition of our terms of service for any app to go live on Google Play,” it told Axios.“Last week Truth Social wrote back acknowledging our feedback and saying that they are working on addressing these issues.”Truth Social has promoted itself as a bastion of uncensored free speech.
