Truth Social, Donald Trump’s social network, authorized on the Google Play Store

Published on: 10/13/2022 – 01:36 Satisfied that Truth Social, Donald Trump’s social network, has finally agreed to update its application to better moderate its content, Google announced on Wednesday that it would authorize its distribution in its online store. mobile apps. Donald Trump’s social network, Truth Social, can now be downloaded from the Google Play Store, while the Internet giant refused it this summer, deeming the moderation of content insufficient on the platform of the former American president. .Google told AFP on Wednesday (October 12th) that Truth Social had finally agreed to update its app to ensure its policy on removing messages inciting violence is enforced. apps, programs “must comply with our Publisher Guidelines, including requirements to effectively moderate third-party content and remove objectionable messages such as those that incite violence” , recalled a spokesperson. AlternativeLaunched at the end of February, Truth Social aims to be an alternative to the major social networks, Twitter in particular, from which Donald Trump has been suspended since the beginning of January 202 1, with free speech as a leitmotif and minimal content moderation.”It’s been a pleasure working with Google, and we’re thrilled that they’ve helped us finally bring Truth Social to all Americans, regardless of the device they’re using,” said Shannon Devine of MZ Group, who manages public relations for Trump Media and Technology Group (TMTG), the parent company of Truth Social. “This is a major step in our mission to restore freedom of expression online,” she added in an email to AFP. TMTG had already welcomed Truth’s admission last week. Social on Samsung’s app store in the United States, the Galaxy Store. The world’s largest online advertiser said it had told Truth Social about “several violations” of app store policies. moderation of user-generated content was a (necessary) condition for an application to be uploaded to Google Play”. Unlike iOS of the iPhone, Google’s Android operating system for smartphones allows a user to download an application through channels other than their own application store. However, the store remains the preferred interface for users of an Android phone, which represents the overwhelming majority of smartphones in the world. On the Apple App Store, where it is present, Truth Social arrives in 89th position in the “social networks” category. QAnonTMTG has been delaying for months to finalize its merger with a listed vehicle, Digital World Acquisition Corp (DWAC), which should allow it to go public and thus receive fresh money . The action of DWAC took almost 9% during electronic trading after the closing of the New York Stock Exchange on Wednesday. Excluded from the major platforms, Donald Trump found only a fraction of his subscribers on Truth Social. He is currently followed there by 4.18 million people, compared to 88.8 million on Twitter and 35.4 million on Facebook before his ouster for encouraging his supporters during the invasion of the Capitol on January 6, 2021, which had made several deaths. The social network is used in particular by fans of the QAnon nebula to relay their conspiracy theories linking, for example, personalities of the American Democratic Party like Hillary Clinton to a satanist and pedophile network. NewsGuard, which evaluates the sources of information according to reliability, found 88 accounts sharing QAnon content with more than 10,000 followers on Truth Social, more than half of whom were “verified,” and more than a third had been banned from Twitter. With AFP