In the end Donald Trump really did it: after talking about it for a long time, following his banishment from Facebook and Twitter, the former US president confirmed the arrival of his social network. It will be called Truth, which in English means Truth.
A statement reads that the platform, owned by Trump Media & Technology Group, will go online in beta in November 2021 and should then be open to all by spring 2022: “I created Truth Social to fight the tyranny of Big Tech – these are the words used by Trump to accompany the announcement – We live in a world where the Taliban have a huge presence on Twitter, while still your favorite president is silenced. This is unacceptable! “.
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Without social media from January 2021
The one between Trump and social networks, and the tech giants in general, is always been a troubled relationship, which has worsened in the last months of his mandate: during the campaign for the presidential elections (therefore in November 2020), Twitter had come to block, remove or otherwise brand as “misleading” 40% of the posts of the then tenant of the White House. The jar was already full, and it overflowed with the assault of Trump supporters on the Capitol: in the night between 6 and 7 January last, Facebook, Instagram and Twitter blocked all accounts attributable to Trump. And they haven’t unlocked them since.
In recent months, the former US president has assessed various possibilities to get back to being heard online:
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Now comes the announcement of Truth, which will initially be accessible only by invitation and according to many political analysts would strengthen the hypothesis of a Trump’s candidacy for President from 2024.
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