Posted on 08/31/2022 7:45:11 AM PDT by ToxicMasculinity
oogle is blocking Truth Social, former President Donald Trump’s social media network, from its app store due to concerns over its content moderation policy.
Trump started the app after Twitter banned him over his comments related to the Capitol Riots on Jan. 6, 2021, and Truth Social CEO Devin Nunes said the app was ready for the Google Play app store and pending approval last week. However, the company is requiring Truth Social to enforce stricter content moderation before it can be made available on Google Play, a Google spokesperson told the Hill.
“On August 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,” the spokesperson said.
Truth Social doesn’t do enough to block threats and incitement of violence, Google told The Hill, and the company is responding to Google’s complaints in order to resolve the issue.
“TMTG has continuously worked in good faith with Google to ensure that the Truth Social Android App complies with Google’s policies without compromising our promise to be a haven for free speech,” Truth Social said in an investor press release. “As our users know, Truth Social is building a vibrant, family-friendly environment that works expeditiously to remove content that violates its Terms of Service – which independent observers have noted are among the most robust in the industry.”
Truth Social is available on Apple’s App Store.
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Google Play even has some malicious apps, about which several articles have been recently written. But not Truth Social! Because censorship.
Never liked Google. Evil company that pushes underage porn and marxist crap.
Wanna see how you look when you’re 80? How about a baby? He’ll still be a baby when he’s 80, but with wrinkles and white hair.
Don’t even get me started about pedometers.
I bought two shares of it when it just started, and immediately regretted it as a stupid idea. Then the shares started going up in value, with no retained earnings or any performance record whatever. I sold the shares, missing out on a huge profit. I’m glad I did. They are monopolists, and I keep tripping over them.
FU Google
apple will be next..
TS is getting Parlered.
With that said, Gettr is a superior platform. It is more open and free than Truth. It has superior technology compared to Truth. Is that a function of not being available on Google? I suppose partly, but their are other fundamental problems that exist in Truth that have nothing to do with Google and their so-called standards.
I have NEVER seen anything advocating violence on Truth, and rarely even salty language, compared to other social media outlets.
Very tame by any comparison.
Curious, isn’t this a little bit like fascism? ? ?
Trump should put the Android app on Sourceforge or any other web site for download. You don’t need Google to install an app on an Android phone.
Wow...how absurd. Have they ever looked at the Telegram app?
It is designed to enable encrypted and anonymous comms.
Is Google blocking all of Brandon’s speeches for inciting violence against conservatives?
I've sent multiple emails to the support desk but I get no response.
Any FReepers with suggestions as to how this works?
No, they forced Parler’s web services to abandon Parler. I don’t need google play store to go to the Truth Social website.
first google and apple dumped them didn’t they?
I signed up with a gmail address yesterday, no problem. Do you have a spam filter? You say you didn’t get a response from support, are you sure?
Yes, and the sun rose in the east, but that didn’t cause Parler to go out of business.
it hasn’t gone out of business. they are still there.
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