Trump announces plans to launch social network
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Former US president Donald Trump on Wednesday announced plans to launch his own social network, in the latest push to reclaim his Internet dominance after he was banned from Twitter and Facebook in the wake of the Capitol insurrection.
The move is likely to further strengthen speculation that Trump is gearing up for another presidential run in 2024.
鈥淭RUTH Social鈥 will be owned by Trump Media & Technology Group, and is expected to begin its beta launch for 鈥渋nvited guests鈥 next month. It is already available for pre-order on Apple鈥檚 App Store, the group said in a statement.
TMTG also intends to launch a subscription video on-demand service that will feature 鈥渘on-woke鈥 entertainment programming and will be led by Scott St John, an executive producer from 鈥淎merica鈥檚 Got Talent,鈥 it said.
For years, Trump, who wielded Twitter in particular as a rhetorical weapon during his presidency, has battled tech giants that he argues have wrongfully censored him. 鈥淚 created TRUTH Social and TMTG to stand up to the tyranny of Big Tech,鈥 Trump, banned from Twitter and Facebook for stoking the January 6 US Capitol attack, was quoted as saying in the statement on Wednesday.
鈥淲e live in a world where the Taliban has a huge presence on Twitter, yet your favorite American President has been silenced. This is unacceptable.鈥
US Congressional investigators are examining the January 6 attack, when thousands of Trump supporters stormed the Capitol nine months ago in an effort to overturn President Joe Biden鈥檚 election victory. They had been egged on by Trump, whose fiery speech earlier that day falsely claiming election fraud was the culmination of months of baseless claims about a contest he lost fairly to Biden.
The investigative committee has charged that Trump was 鈥減ersonally involved鈥 in organizing the attack.
The free-speech fight escalated when the world鈥檚 dominant social media platforms banned Trump as punishment for stirring up the mob that ransacked Congress.
Facebook banned Trump indefinitely on January 7, later narrowing the ban to two years.
Twitter quickly followed, permanently suspending Trump鈥檚 account 鈥 which had more than 88 million followers at the time 鈥 due to the 鈥渞isk of further incitement of violence.鈥
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