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Truth Social

February 15, 2024

Truth Social (stylized as TRUTH Social) is an alt-tech[5][6][7] social media platform created by Trump Media & Technology Group (TMTG), an American media and technology company founded in October 2021 by former US president Donald Trump.[8][9][5][10][7] It has been called a "Twitter clone" that competes with Parler, Gab, and Mastodon in trying to provide an alternative to Twitter and Facebook.[5][7][10][11] Truth Social uses Mastodon as its backend.[12]

Truth Social
Type of site
Social networking service
FoundedOctober 20, 2021; 2 years ago (2021-10-20)
Area served
OwnerTrump Media & Technology Group
Founder(s)Donald Trump
Key peopleDevin Nunes (CEO)
IndustryInternet
URLtruthsocial.com
RegistrationRequired
Usersestimated 607,000 monthly users as of July 2023[4]
LaunchedFebruary 21, 2022; 23 months ago (2022-02-21)
Current statusActive
Native client(s) oniOS, Android, web
Written inRuby on Rails, Java, JavaScript

The service was launched on February 21, 2022.[13] Since mid-2022, Truth Social has been facing financial and regulatory issues. The application was initially not available on Google Play because of violations of Google policies prohibiting content with physical threats and incitement to violence, but was approved for Google Play in October 2022 after agreeing to enforce policies against incitement.[14]

As of March 6, 2023, it was ranked number 101 in Apple's App Store rankings for social media apps,[15] and SimilarWeb ranked its website as number 203 in their "News & Media Publishers" category, behind Gab at number 154, but ahead of Parler at number 1,052.[16][17] Trump estimated in an April 2023 personal financial disclosure that the site's value ranged from $5 million to $25 million.[18]

Digital World Acquisition Corporation, the special-purpose acquisition company formed to fund Truth Social's parent company TMTG and take it public, disclosed in October 2023 that it was refunding to investors the $1 billion it had raised for TMTG.[19] A November 2023 financial disclosure by DWAC indicated that Truth Social had made a cumulative loss of at least $31.5 million since its inception.[20]

History

Background

Former U.S. president Donald Trump raised the prospect of building a new social media platform after he was banned from Facebook and Twitter in 2021, following the 2021 United States Capitol attack.[21] In May 2021, Trump launched "From the Desk of Donald J. Trump", a web page where he posted short tweet-like announcements; it was shut down after less than a month,[22] with Trump's senior aide Jason Miller confirming it would not be coming back.[23][24]

Inception

According to Reuters, two members of the cast of Trump's TV show The Apprentice, Wes Moss and Andy Litinsky, were "central" to the founding of Truth Social's parent company, the Trump Media & Technology Group (TMTG), having allegedly pitched the idea of a social network to Trump in January 2021.[25]

Blank-check company and Chinese finance

To facilitate becoming a publicly traded company, a special-purpose acquisition company (SPAC) called Digital World Acquisition Corp (DWAC) was created with the help of ARC Capital, a Shanghai-based firm specializing in listing Chinese companies on American stock markets that has been a target of SEC investigations for misrepresenting shell corporations.[26][27][28][29] Led by former Mexican government official and China-based banker Abraham Cinta, ARC Capital's global links included offices in Shanghai, Wuhan, Mexico City, and Jakarta, which Bloomberg News described as "surprising", due to Trump's comments on various foreign countries in office.[30][31] Some investors were surprised to learn their investment money was being used to finance a Trump company.[32] The DWAC chief executive Patrick Orlando, a Florida-based financier and former Deutsche Bank trader, was also the chief executive of the Wuhan-based Yunhong Holdings/Yunhong International, registered in the offshore tax haven of the Cayman Islands.[33][34][35][36] In an October 2021 SEC filing, the special-purpose acquisition company Yunhong International stated its goal was to "capitalize on growing opportunities created by consumer/lifestyle businesses that have their primary operations in Asia."[37] An additional backer of the Trump social media venture, becoming the CFO of Digital World Acquisition, was Brazilian parliamentarian Luiz Philippe of Orléans-Braganza, a monarchist allied with Jair Bolsonaro.[34][38]

Promotion and early reception

In October 2021, TMTG published a document outlining the Truth Social platform, citing a poll saying one-third of the U.S. population polled had stated they would use a social media platform endorsed by Trump.[39] On October 20, TMTG issued a press release announcing the platform would have its public launch in "the first quarter of 2022." It was slated to enter limited beta for Apple iOS in November 2021,[40][41][42] and though it did not meet this schedule for its beta testing,[43] Trump claimed in December 2021 "invited guests" were already using the beta system.[44][45]

Hours after the press release, a person identifying themselves as a part of the hacker collective Anonymous used Shodan to discover domains related to the company, eventually locating what appeared to be a publicly-accessible mobile beta of the service. The URL, which permitted users to sign up and use the platform, was leaked across social media.[46] Users began trolling, creating parody accounts, and posting rants and memes. Users were able to sign up with usernames of high-profile individuals including Trump, Mike Pence, and Jack Dorsey.[47] The link was later taken offline.[48]

Russian finance

According to The Guardian, in December 2021, two loans totaling $8 million (~$8.56 million in 2022) were paid to Trump Media from obscure Putin-connected entities as the company was "on the brink of collapse". $2 million was paid by Paxum Bank, part-owned by Anton Postolnikov, a relation of Aleksandr Smirnov, a former Russian government official who now runs the Russian maritime company Rosmorport. $6 million was paid by an ostensibly separate entity, ES Family Trust, whose director was the director of Paxum Bank at the same time. As of March 2023, prosecutors in the US Attorney for the Southern District of New York were investigating the Russian ties.[49][50] The Washington Post reported that Trump Media paid a $240,000 finder's fee as part of the arrangement, allegedly to a party associated with Digital World.[51]

Reactions

The New York Times described Truth Social as an addition to the field of already-existing alt-tech platforms.[5] BBC journalist James Clayton stated the platform could be a more successful version of other alt-tech social media platforms like Parler and Gab and is an attempt by Trump to gain his "megaphone" back.[10] Gettr CEO Jason Miller, a former Trump advisor, praised Truth Social and said the platform will cause Facebook and Twitter to "lose even more market share".[52] Gab said in a statement it supports Truth Social and users of Gab can follow Trump on his reserved Gab account.[53]

Among critical reactions, Chris Cillizza of CNN wrote that the platform was doomed to fail.[54] Noah Berlatsky, writing for The Independent, described it as a "potential threat to democracy".[55] The Forward raised concerns of antisemitism becoming prominent on the platform, noting similar platforms have become known for hosting antisemitic content, such as Parler, Gab, and Telegram.[56] Rolling Stone observed that while Truth Social promises to be an open and free platform, Truth Social's terms of service include a clause stating users cannot disparage the service.[57] The New York Times expressed skepticism about whether Truth Social would be able to compete effectively against rival services.[5]

Platform

Personnel

See also: Trump Media & Technology Group

Truth Social is run by Trump Media & Technology Group, and headed by Devin Nunes. In 2022, Talking Points Memo stated Nunes' remuneration was $750,000 per year.[58] Other senior employees included chief of technology Josh Adams and chief of product development Billy Boozer, who both subsequently left the company.[59]

The company's headquarters are in Sarasota, Florida.[60] It was reported to have about 40 employees in March 2022.[61]

Software

Truth Social is modeled heavily after Twitter; users are able to make posts ("Truths", similar to tweets) and share other users' posts ("ReTruths", similar to retweets).[62] The Truth Social platform uses a custom version of the free and open-source social network hosting software Mastodon as its backend, which omits several features, including polls and post visibility options.[12]

The platform uses the Soapbox frontend instead of Mastodon's native frontend.[63] TMTG has advertised for developers with skills in using Elixir, the programming language used to build Pleroma.[64]

On October 21, 2021, the Software Freedom Conservancy group stated they suspected Truth Social had violated Mastodon's AGPLv3 license by not offering its source code to all users.[65][66][67][68] The Mastodon developers then formally requested that Truth Social comply with the terms of the software license,[69] with Truth Social publishing its source code as a ZIP file on the website on November 12, 2021.[70][71] On February 22, 2022, the source code download was moved to the website's legal section.[72] A mirror of the source code is available at GitHub, where it was uploaded by uninvolved individuals.[73]

The service is designed for access by web browsing and as an app for both Android and Apple devices:[74]

  • In May 2022, the service launched a web app for accessing the service with an Internet browser, with geographical restrictions.[75]
  • On August 30, 2022, Google stated Truth Social's content moderation did not meet its standards to be available on Google Play, the default distributor of Android apps, due to violation of Google's policies prohibiting content with physical threats and incitement to violence.[76][77] On October 12, 2022, Truth Social was approved for Google Play after the platform implemented stronger content moderation policies.[14]

Infrastructure

The Truth Social service was originally hosted on RightForge, a company aimed at providing internet hosting for conservative causes that describes itself as "The first global Internet infrastructure company committed to American principles online".[78][79]

In December 2021 TMTG said it had partnered with the Canadian online video platform Rumble, which was already providing cloud services to the Truth Social beta service.[44] In April 2022, TMTG announced Truth Social would be moving to Rumble's cloud platform[80] and announced they would be performing infrastructure upgrades to increase the platform's performance.[81]

TMTG engaged the services of Hive, a content moderation company that uses machine learning to filter postings for unacceptable content.[82]

As of June 2022, Truth Social uses Cloudflare as its CDN for both mobile and web traffic.[83][84] Reuters reported Fastly had refused to take Truth Social on as a customer.[25]

Content policies

Truth Social was launched proclaiming itself as a "big tent" platform without political censorship, allowing for "free expression" without "discriminating on the basis of political ideology".[85][86][87]

When the company was first announced in October 2021, its terms of service said the company would not be legally responsible for "the content, accuracy, offensiveness, opinions [or] reliability" of anything users might post to the service.[88] Some commentators noted that this self-declared immunity appeared to rely on Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act, a law Trump firmly opposed during his presidency.[48][89][90]

The original terms of service further added that users would be forbidden to "disparage, tarnish, or otherwise harm, in our opinion, us and/or the Site". Truth Social said it had the right to "suspend or terminate your account" and "take appropriate legal action".[89] The anti-disparagement section of the terms of service was removed in late 2022.[91] Sexual content remains forbidden by the terms of service.[91]

Truth Social has blocked accounts for behavior it considers harmful or inappropriate, including accounts with parody names and death threats.[92][93]

Censorship allegations

The platform has been widely accused of censorship.[94][95][96] In June 2022, several accounts were banned after posting about investigations into the 2021 United States Capitol attack and the publicly televised January 6 hearings that detailed events leading up to the mob violence on that day, in which Trump supporters breached the United States Congress, seeking to overturn the 2020 presidential election.[61][97][98]

According to an August 2022 report from progressive consumer rights advocacy group Public Citizen, Truth Social was found to shadowban liberal and progressive users that disagree with the site's narrative, as well as a swathe of other content, including some conservative content. Truth Social has banned content mentioning abortion and the January 6 hearings.[99][100][96] Public Citizen concluded that Truth Social's content moderation was substantially more limiting than Twitter, and said Truth Social's policies were creating an echo chamber of violent views.[99][100]

Operations

Launch

Trump made the platform's first post on February 16, 2022.[101] That day, TMTG CEO Devin Nunes said he expected the platform would not completely open to the public until late March.[102] A beta test with 500 users was in operation during February 2022.[103]

On February 21, 2022, Truth Social was released on Apple iOS,[104] reaching number one on the App Store's top charts.[105][106] Due to an extensive backlog of applicants, upon downloading the app, about 500,000 people who initially attempted to register as users were automatically waitlisted.[107][108][109]

The app was installed 872,000 times during its first week, but a month later, new user signup had fallen to 60,000 per week. During that time, weekly visits to truthsocial.com fell from 6 million to fewer than 2 million.[110]

Upon its launch, the British automotive solar power company Trailar complained Truth Social's app logo closely resembled its "T" logo.[111]

The platform has been criticized for its poor performance at launch, with waitlisting users attempting to register and extended outages.[112] A day after its launch, The Washington Post described it as "a disaster".[107] A week after, Newsweek reported some early adopters were beginning to lose interest in the app due to low numbers of users and poor engagement, although others were willing to persevere with the app to see if things would improve.[113]

Audience growth

The Truth Social platform suffered from severe and persistent problems with scalability at launch, limiting the platform's growth.[114][115]

In early March 2022, multiple sources reported that Truth Social usage remained low, with Trump himself not having posted to his account since his first message two weeks earlier and his account having only 140,000 followers—less than 0.2% of the 90 million followers he had on Twitter before his account was banned.[87][114] The Daily Dot reported the Truth Social iOS app had fallen from the number one slot for downloads on the Apple App Store to number 84.[116] The Daily Beast reported Trump was dissatisfied with the social network's progress.[115][74]

At the end of March 2022, TheWrap reported that weekly installations of the Truth Social app had fallen from 872,000 in its launch week to around 60,000 per week, a reduction of over 90%. Visits to truthsocial.com had also fallen, from 6 million per week to 1.9 million. According to Sensor Tower, Truth Social had been downloaded 1.2 million times by late March.[117] In early April 2022, Bloomberg News reported that shares in Truth Social's publicly traded holding company Digital World Acquisition Corp. (DWAC) had fallen 31% from the time of the app's launch in late February[118] and 64% from its all-time high.[119]

In early April 2022, Business Insider described Truth Social as "like a conservative ghost town that had been overrun by bots".[120] A U.S.-based reporter for the BBC attempted to sign up in early April and was placed on a waitlist with about 1.4 million requests ahead of him.[121]

On April 4, it was reported that Josh Adams and Billy Boozer, the platform's chief of technology and chief of product development respectively, had left the company.[59][24] A report in The Washington Post stated Truth Social was "falling apart", with problems mounting on multiple fronts.[122] A Guardian article compared Truth Social with Trump Steaks and Trump Vodka.[24]

As of late April 2022, MarketWatch reported Truth Social had around 513,000 active daily users, compared to Twitter's reported active daily userbase of 217 million.[123] Usership figures were not available, but Trump was reported on August 19, 2022, to have 3.9 million Truth Social followers. He had had 89 million on Twitter and 34 million on Facebook before being banned from both platforms.[124]

As of early June 2022, SimilarWeb reported Truth Social's iOS app as ranking #49 in the social networking category of apps on the Apple App Store.[125] As of October 2022, the iOS app had sunk to #75 in the social networking category.[126]

During May 2023, SimilarWeb's ranking of the Truth Social iOS app has fluctuated wildly, ranging from #18 to #153 in the Apple App Store social networking category during that period.[127]

Acquisition of Twitter by Elon Musk

Main article: Acquisition of Twitter by Elon Musk

Following Elon Musk's proposed acquisition of Twitter, many commentators observed that a Musk-run Twitter would be likely to reduce demand for Truth Social's services.[128][129] Musk said that as of late April 2022, Truth Social iOS app downloads exceeded those of Twitter and TikTok on the same platform.[130] He said Truth Social only existed because of Twitter's restrictions on free speech. Describing Truth Social as a "terrible name", Musk joked that it should be renamed "Trumpet".[131][132]

Following Musk's comments on Twitter, the Truth Social app rose in popularity, returning to the number 1 position for free iOS apps on Apple's App Store on April 30, with the Twitter app at number 2; DWAC shares also rose in value.[133][134]

DWAC's share price fell after Musk's announcement of his intention to buy Twitter.[135] Truth Social CEO Devin Nunes later stated that Musk had been encouraged by Trump to buy Twitter;[136] Musk denied this, saying "This is false. I've had no communication, directly or indirectly, with Trump, who has publicly stated that he will be exclusively on Truth Social."[137][138] Musk subsequently said he intended to reverse Twitter's ban on Trump's Twitter account if his bid for the company was successful.[139] Following Musk's comments, Nunes reiterated that Trump was committed to Truth Social, and would not rejoin Twitter even if his ban were to be lifted.[140]

Following Musk's announcement in July that he no longer intended to purchase Twitter, DWAC shares rose.[141] Musk later went through with the deal, purchased Twitter in October 2022 and after a public poll resulted in a majority of people wanting the ban to be lifted, the ban on Donald Trump was lifted in November.[142] Donald Trump would not post to Twitter again for nearly a year, stating he preferred to use Truth Social as his primary platform.[143][144]

Financial issues

As of May 2022, Truth Social had not secured any advertising revenue. TMTG stated it "expects to incur significant losses into the foreseeable future".[145]

In late August 2022, Fox Business reported that Truth Social's hosting company RightForge claimed it was owed $1.6 million by Truth Social and was threatening to take legal action.[146] In early September 2022, Digital World Acquisition Corp. (DWAC), the SPAC set to acquire TMTG, secured an extension from shareholders for up to six months for it to perform the deal. This left DWAC shares trading at $24, down from a 2021 high of $175.[147] In the same month, Politico writer Jack Shafer wrote about the "slow-cooking financial disaster that has been simmering in Donald Trump's business Crock-Pot".[148] On September 24, Reuters reported investors had withdrawn commitments of almost $140 million, following the expiry of a deadline on September 20.[149]

On November 3, DWAC postponed the shareholder vote on the merger deal for a sixth time.[150]

In January 2023, the New York Times reported that, while Truth Social now carried advertising, it was limited to niche products, without the participation of major brands. It reported Truth Social's burn rate at around $1.7m per month.[151] In March 2023, The Guardian reported that "Federal prosecutors in New York involved in the criminal investigation into Donald Trump’s social media company last year started examining whether it violated money laundering statutes in connection with the acceptance of $8m with suspected Russian ties".[49][50][152]

In September 2023, DWAC postponed the merger deadline yet again.[153] In October 2023 DWAC disclosed in a regulatory filing that it would refund to investors the $1 billion it had raised for TMTG, the parent company of Truth Social,[19] triggering speculation that this might lead to Truth Social's eventual demise.[154]

A November 2023 DWAC financial disclosure indicated TMTG had generated losses such that management had "substantial doubt" about its ability to pay its bills, and the company's accounting firm had "substantial doubt" about TMTG's ability to remain in business.[20][155][156] The Hollywood Reporter reported that Truth Social had made losses to date of between $31.5 million and $60.5 million, depending on the basis of how the accounts were interpreted.[157] A number of news outlets had initially reported higher losses based on the report, leading Truth Social's parent company to file a lawsuit against them, accusing them of defamation.[158][159]

Regulatory issues

In June 2022, federal regulators investigated whether TMTG had illegally coordinated with its holding company, Digital World Acquisition Corp, prior to the latter going public.[160] A federal grand jury was empaneled as part of the investigation. TMTG released a statement saying they are cooperating with the investigation.[161] Due to the investigation, Digital World has not merged with TMTG as planned. Digital World asked its shareholders to vote to allow an extra year to complete the merger, but as of September 6, 2022, it appeared they will not vote in favor of the extra time. If the companies do not merge, Truth Social may not receive $1.3 billion from Digital World.[162]

Donald Trump was revealed to have left the company's board on June 8, prior to the issuing of subpoenas.[163]

World Trademark Review reported that "Truth Social" had been applied for as a trademark in the European Union within a week of the announcement of Trump's company, and registered, potentially preventing the Truth Social service from operating in most of Europe.[164] At the end of August 2022, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office denied Trump Media & Technology Group's application for a trademark on "Truth Social" as two companies already use the term.[165]

A whistleblower submission was made by Will Wilkerson to the Securities and Exchange Commission in August 2022, with original source information of alleged federal securities law violations, detailing fraudulent misrepresentations in violation of federal securities laws.[166][167] Wilkerson was one of the company's earliest employees; he held the post of senior vice president of operations, and was intimately involved in internal TMTG business strategy discussions. He was dismissed from the company in October 2022.[167][168]

On February 15, 2024, the SEC approved the merger, declaring the registration statement for DWAC's combination with TMTG to be effective after markets closed on Wednesday, February 14, 2024.[169][170][171]

Notable activity

Donald Trump

See also: Social media use by Donald Trump

Early use, February–July 2022

Although Donald Trump's participation in TMTG and the scale of his social media following was a major part of TMTG's marketing for Truth Social,[39] Trump was initially not a frequent user of the Truth Social platform. He made the platform's first post on February 16, 2022, with the message "Get ready! Your favorite president will see you soon".[101] His next post was made on April 28, posting "I'M BACK! #COVFEFE", a reference to the covfefe meme.[172] Trump then started posting more frequently.[173]

Following the announcement of Elon Musk's proposed takeover of Twitter, Trump publicly stated that he does not intend to return to Twitter and intends to remain on Truth Social.[174][175][176] On May 6, in a court filing responding to the New York attorney general's demand for his cell phones, Trump said Truth Social had recently given him a phone that he only uses to post on Truth Social.[177]

According to reports, Trump has a licensing agreement with TMTG requiring him to use Truth Social as his primary social media platform and to wait at least six hours before reposting material to any other social media platform, with some exceptions for political activities.[178][179]

After the Mar-a-Lago raid, August–September 2022

In early August 2022, Truth Social experienced a significant uptick in downloads following the FBI search of Mar-a-Lago.[180]

Following the publication of a heavily redacted affidavit regarding the search, Trump reacted angrily to the contents of the document in a series of Truth Social posts, saying "Affidavit heavily redacted!!! [...] Nothing mentioned on 'Nuclear,' a total public relations subterfuge by the FBI & DOJ, or our close working relationship regarding document turnover - WE GAVE THEM MUCH."[181] The commentator Barbara McQuade observed that Trump's Truth Social posts on the matter might potentially undermine Trump's defense against charges arising from the search.[182]

Trump followed this days later with a sequence of sixty Truth Social posts. Multiple news sources noted that these posts represented a marked increase in the intensity of his rhetoric, explicitly referencing QAnon and 4chan conspiracy theories.[183][184][185]

Since October 2022

In October 2022, Trump posted a comment criticizing American Jews, telling them to "get their act together and appreciate what they have in Israel" before it's "too late".[186] Three organizations, including the Anti-Defamation League and the Jewish Democratic Council of America,[187][188] criticized Trump's comment as condescending and as repeating a "dual loyalty" antisemitic trope.[189][190] Rabbi Yaakov Menken, managing director at the Coalition for Jewish Values,[191] on the contrary, stated that he supported Trump's comments and did not consider them as antisemitic.[192][193]

In November 2022, Trump released a post claiming without evidence that he had "sent in the FBI and the U.S. Attorneys" in 2018 to assist in the Florida gubernatorial election of Ron DeSantis.[194][195][196][197][198]

On 4 December 2022, Trump used his Truth Social account to say alleged election fraud allows for the "termination" of election rules found in the Constitution of the United States,[199] stating:

So, with the revelation of MASSIVE & WIDESPREAD FRAUD & DECEPTION in working closely with Big Tech Companies, the DNC, & the Democrat Party, do you throw the Presidential Election Results of 2020 OUT and declare the RIGHTFUL WINNER, or do you have a NEW ELECTION? A Massive Fraud of this type and magnitude allows for the termination of all rules, regulations, and articles, even those found in the Constitution. Our great “Founders” did not want, and would not condone, False & Fraudulent Elections![200][201]

Trump's remarks were condemned by multiple parties, including the White House.[201] In The Week, Damon Linker described it as the moment Trump "finally jumped the shark".[202] Subsequently, Trump denied he called for the termination of the Constitution but maintained that any election misconduct should be undone.[203][204][205] Afterward, Trump posted a link[206] to an article claiming that by "allows for," Trump meant that those engaging in voter fraud were effectively terminating the Constitution, not that Trump was calling for the Constitution's termination.[207]

In August 2023, following special counsel's Jack Smith's indictment of Trump for charges related to the 2020 Presidential election, Trump posted "IF YOU GO AFTER ME, I’M COMING AFTER YOU!" to Truth Social.[208] Investigators referred Trump's remarks to the judge responsible for the case, seeking a protective order.[209]

On August 25, 2023, Trump posted to X/Twitter regarding his arrest in Georgia in regard to the Georgia election racketeering prosecution. This was his first use of social media outside of Truth Social for some years.[210]

Devin Nunes

Devin Nunes, the CEO of Truth Social, posted a meme on the platform in October 2022 making a joke about the attack on Paul Pelosi, while referencing inaccurate reports that the attacker was in his underwear at the time. Nunes was widely criticized by Twitter users for doing this.[211]

Gavin Newsom

On June 16, 2022, California Governor Gavin Newsom announced he had joined Truth Social, writing on his Twitter account "I just joined Trump's Truth Social. Going to be on there calling out Republican lies. This could get…interesting. My first post -- breaking down America's red state murder problem."[212][213]

Use by right-wing extremists

Truth Social has been described as an alt-tech[5][6][7] social media platform. Such platforms are popular among the alt-right, far-right, and others who espouse extremism or fringe theories, often because they employ less stringent content moderation than mainstream platforms.[214][215][216]

Axios reported that Truth Social had given a verified account to the white nationalist advocate[217] Nick Fuentes, who has been banned from Twitter and Facebook.[218]

On August 11, 2022, a gunman, identified as Ricky Shiffer, wearing body armor and armed with a nail gun and an AR-15 style rifle attempted to storm the offices of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) in Cincinnati, Ohio. Following a subsequent police pursuit, he was killed in a standoff with police.[219] Shiffer had published multiple posts on Truth Social in the days before the attack, following the FBI search of Mar-a-Lago, in which he expressed his desire to engage in violence and called for the killings of FBI agents. He also reportedly wrote a post on Truth Social following the attack, which detailed his failed attempt to storm the building.[220][221] Since Shiffer's actions, some Truth Social users — including a verified account with 74,000 followers who said he was a designer for the site — claimed the attack was a false flag, without providing evidence,[222] and the calls for violence were posts planted by federal law enforcement officials or Democratic operatives.[221][223]

In August 2023, Truth Social notified the FBI that Craig DeLeeuw Robertson had used Truth Social to make death threats against President Joe Biden. Robertson was later shot and killed at an armed standoff with FBI agents.[224] Robertson, who had previously made death threats to multiple people and posted that he had a rifle he described as a "democrat eradicator", was a registered Republican who described himself as a "Maga Trumper".[225][226]

Bot accounts

Axios reported in February 2022 that Truth Social had official-looking accounts for Fox News, TMZ, the National Football League, NASA, NASCAR, and others with legitimate-appearing links and logos, which had not been created by the named entities. The accounts were labelled as "bot" accounts.[227] The Fox News account has since been verified by the platform.[228] By April 2022, a bot account for The New York Times was labeled "The Failing NY Times", while a CNN bot account was labeled "CNN (Parody)".[218]

Biden re-election campaign

The Biden–Harris 2024 re-election campaign created an account on Truth Social in October 2023.[229] It announced on the social media platform X (formerly Twitter) that it had created the account on Truth Social because it found the idea "very funny".[230] Numerous observers characterised this as an exercise by the Biden campaign in trolling Donald Trump.[231][232] Two days after the creation of the account, Axios reported that the Biden campaign's Truth Social account had more followers than that of the Trump campaign.[233]

See also

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truth, social, stylized, truth, social, tech, social, media, platform, created, trump, media, technology, group, tmtg, american, media, technology, company, founded, october, 2021, former, president, donald, trump, been, called, twitter, clone, that, competes,. Truth Social stylized as TRUTH Social is an alt tech 5 6 7 social media platform created by Trump Media amp Technology Group TMTG an American media and technology company founded in October 2021 by former US president Donald Trump 8 9 5 10 7 It has been called a Twitter clone that competes with Parler Gab and Mastodon in trying to provide an alternative to Twitter and Facebook 5 7 10 11 Truth Social uses Mastodon as its backend 12 Truth SocialType of siteSocial networking serviceFoundedOctober 20 2021 2 years ago 2021 10 20 Area servedAmericas Brazil 1 Canada United States Asia Japan Europe Germany Turkey 2 Oceania Australia 3 OwnerTrump Media amp Technology GroupFounder s Donald TrumpKey peopleDevin Nunes CEO IndustryInternetURLtruthsocial wbr comRegistrationRequiredUsersestimated 607 000 monthly users as of July 2023 4 LaunchedFebruary 21 2022 23 months ago 2022 02 21 Current statusActiveNative client s oniOS Android webWritten inRuby on Rails Java JavaScriptThe service was launched on February 21 2022 13 Since mid 2022 Truth Social has been facing financial and regulatory issues The application was initially not available on Google Play because of violations of Google policies prohibiting content with physical threats and incitement to violence but was approved for Google Play in October 2022 after agreeing to enforce policies against incitement 14 As of March 6 2023 update it was ranked number 101 in Apple s App Store rankings for social media apps 15 and SimilarWeb ranked its website as number 203 in their News amp Media Publishers category behind Gab at number 154 but ahead of Parler at number 1 052 16 17 Trump estimated in an April 2023 personal financial disclosure that the site s value ranged from 5 million to 25 million 18 Digital World Acquisition Corporation the special purpose acquisition company formed to fund Truth Social s parent company TMTG and take it public disclosed in October 2023 that it was refunding to investors the 1 billion it had raised for TMTG 19 A November 2023 financial disclosure by DWAC indicated that Truth Social had made a cumulative loss of at least 31 5 million since its inception 20 Contents 1 History 1 1 Background 1 2 Inception 1 2 1 Blank check company and Chinese finance 1 2 2 Promotion and early reception 1 2 3 Russian finance 1 3 Reactions 2 Platform 2 1 Personnel 2 2 Software 2 3 Infrastructure 2 4 Content policies 2 4 1 Censorship allegations 3 Operations 3 1 Launch 3 2 Audience growth 3 3 Acquisition of Twitter by Elon Musk 3 4 Financial issues 3 5 Regulatory issues 4 Notable activity 4 1 Donald Trump 4 1 1 Early use February July 2022 4 1 2 After the Mar a Lago raid August September 2022 4 1 3 Since October 2022 4 2 Devin Nunes 4 3 Gavin Newsom 4 4 Use by right wing extremists 4 5 Bot accounts 4 6 Biden re election campaign 5 See also 6 References 7 External linksHistoryBackground Former U S president Donald Trump raised the prospect of building a new social media platform after he was banned from Facebook and Twitter in 2021 following the 2021 United States Capitol attack 21 In May 2021 Trump launched From the Desk of Donald J Trump a web page where he posted short tweet like announcements it was shut down after less than a month 22 with Trump s senior aide Jason Miller confirming it would not be coming back 23 24 Inception According to Reuters two members of the cast of Trump s TV show The Apprentice Wes Moss and Andy Litinsky were central to the founding of Truth Social s parent company the Trump Media amp Technology Group TMTG having allegedly pitched the idea of a social network to Trump in January 2021 25 Blank check company and Chinese finance To facilitate becoming a publicly traded company a special purpose acquisition company SPAC called Digital World Acquisition Corp DWAC was created with the help of ARC Capital a Shanghai based firm specializing in listing Chinese companies on American stock markets that has been a target of SEC investigations for misrepresenting shell corporations 26 27 28 29 Led by former Mexican government official and China based banker Abraham Cinta ARC Capital s global links included offices in Shanghai Wuhan Mexico City and Jakarta which Bloomberg News described as surprising due to Trump s comments on various foreign countries in office 30 31 Some investors were surprised to learn their investment money was being used to finance a Trump company 32 The DWAC chief executive Patrick Orlando a Florida based financier and former Deutsche Bank trader was also the chief executive of the Wuhan based Yunhong Holdings Yunhong International registered in the offshore tax haven of the Cayman Islands 33 34 35 36 In an October 2021 SEC filing the special purpose acquisition company Yunhong International stated its goal was to capitalize on growing opportunities created by consumer lifestyle businesses that have their primary operations in Asia 37 An additional backer of the Trump social media venture becoming the CFO of Digital World Acquisition was Brazilian parliamentarian Luiz Philippe of Orleans Braganza a monarchist allied with Jair Bolsonaro 34 38 Promotion and early reception In October 2021 TMTG published a document outlining the Truth Social platform citing a poll saying one third of the U S population polled had stated they would use a social media platform endorsed by Trump 39 On October 20 TMTG issued a press release announcing the platform would have its public launch in the first quarter of 2022 It was slated to enter limited beta for Apple iOS in November 2021 40 41 42 and though it did not meet this schedule for its beta testing 43 Trump claimed in December 2021 invited guests were already using the beta system 44 45 Hours after the press release a person identifying themselves as a part of the hacker collective Anonymous used Shodan to discover domains related to the company eventually locating what appeared to be a publicly accessible mobile beta of the service The URL which permitted users to sign up and use the platform was leaked across social media 46 Users began trolling creating parody accounts and posting rants and memes Users were able to sign up with usernames of high profile individuals including Trump Mike Pence and Jack Dorsey 47 The link was later taken offline 48 Russian finance According to The Guardian in December 2021 two loans totaling 8 million 8 56 million in 2022 were paid to Trump Media from obscure Putin connected entities as the company was on the brink of collapse 2 million was paid by Paxum Bank part owned by Anton Postolnikov a relation of Aleksandr Smirnov a former Russian government official who now runs the Russian maritime company Rosmorport 6 million was paid by an ostensibly separate entity ES Family Trust whose director was the director of Paxum Bank at the same time As of March 2023 prosecutors in the US Attorney for the Southern District of New York were investigating the Russian ties 49 50 The Washington Post reported that Trump Media paid a 240 000 finder s fee as part of the arrangement allegedly to a party associated with Digital World 51 Reactions The New York Times described Truth Social as an addition to the field of already existing alt tech platforms 5 BBC journalist James Clayton stated the platform could be a more successful version of other alt tech social media platforms like Parler and Gab and is an attempt by Trump to gain his megaphone back 10 Gettr CEO Jason Miller a former Trump advisor praised Truth Social and said the platform will cause Facebook and Twitter to lose even more market share 52 Gab said in a statement it supports Truth Social and users of Gab can follow Trump on his reserved Gab account 53 Among critical reactions Chris Cillizza of CNN wrote that the platform was doomed to fail 54 Noah Berlatsky writing for The Independent described it as a potential threat to democracy 55 The Forward raised concerns of antisemitism becoming prominent on the platform noting similar platforms have become known for hosting antisemitic content such as Parler Gab and Telegram 56 Rolling Stone observed that while Truth Social promises to be an open and free platform Truth Social s terms of service include a clause stating users cannot disparage the service 57 The New York Times expressed skepticism about whether Truth Social would be able to compete effectively against rival services 5 PlatformPersonnel See also Trump Media amp Technology Group Truth Social is run by Trump Media amp Technology Group and headed by Devin Nunes In 2022 Talking Points Memo stated Nunes remuneration was 750 000 per year 58 Other senior employees included chief of technology Josh Adams and chief of product development Billy Boozer who both subsequently left the company 59 The company s headquarters are in Sarasota Florida 60 It was reported to have about 40 employees in March 2022 61 Software Truth Social is modeled heavily after Twitter users are able to make posts Truths similar to tweets and share other users posts ReTruths similar to retweets 62 The Truth Social platform uses a custom version of the free and open source social network hosting software Mastodon as its backend which omits several features including polls and post visibility options 12 The platform uses the Soapbox frontend instead of Mastodon s native frontend 63 TMTG has advertised for developers with skills in using Elixir the programming language used to build Pleroma 64 On October 21 2021 the Software Freedom Conservancy group stated they suspected Truth Social had violated Mastodon s AGPLv3 license by not offering its source code to all users 65 66 67 68 The Mastodon developers then formally requested that Truth Social comply with the terms of the software license 69 with Truth Social publishing its source code as a ZIP file on the website on November 12 2021 70 71 On February 22 2022 the source code download was moved to the website s legal section 72 A mirror of the source code is available at GitHub where it was uploaded by uninvolved individuals 73 The service is designed for access by web browsing and as an app for both Android and Apple devices 74 In May 2022 the service launched a web app for accessing the service with an Internet browser with geographical restrictions 75 On August 30 2022 Google stated Truth Social s content moderation did not meet its standards to be available on Google Play the default distributor of Android apps due to violation of Google s policies prohibiting content with physical threats and incitement to violence 76 77 On October 12 2022 Truth Social was approved for Google Play after the platform implemented stronger content moderation policies 14 Infrastructure The Truth Social service was originally hosted on RightForge a company aimed at providing internet hosting for conservative causes that describes itself as The first global Internet infrastructure company committed to American principles online 78 79 In December 2021 TMTG said it had partnered with the Canadian online video platform Rumble which was already providing cloud services to the Truth Social beta service 44 In April 2022 TMTG announced Truth Social would be moving to Rumble s cloud platform 80 and announced they would be performing infrastructure upgrades to increase the platform s performance 81 TMTG engaged the services of Hive a content moderation company that uses machine learning to filter postings for unacceptable content 82 As of June 2022 update Truth Social uses Cloudflare as its CDN for both mobile and web traffic 83 84 Reuters reported Fastly had refused to take Truth Social on as a customer 25 Content policies Truth Social was launched proclaiming itself as a big tent platform without political censorship allowing for free expression without discriminating on the basis of political ideology 85 86 87 When the company was first announced in October 2021 its terms of service said the company would not be legally responsible for the content accuracy offensiveness opinions or reliability of anything users might post to the service 88 Some commentators noted that this self declared immunity appeared to rely on Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act a law Trump firmly opposed during his presidency 48 89 90 The original terms of service further added that users would be forbidden to disparage tarnish or otherwise harm in our opinion us and or the Site Truth Social said it had the right to suspend or terminate your account and take appropriate legal action 89 The anti disparagement section of the terms of service was removed in late 2022 91 Sexual content remains forbidden by the terms of service 91 Truth Social has blocked accounts for behavior it considers harmful or inappropriate including accounts with parody names and death threats 92 93 Censorship allegations The platform has been widely accused of censorship 94 95 96 In June 2022 several accounts were banned after posting about investigations into the 2021 United States Capitol attack and the publicly televised January 6 hearings that detailed events leading up to the mob violence on that day in which Trump supporters breached the United States Congress seeking to overturn the 2020 presidential election 61 97 98 According to an August 2022 report from progressive consumer rights advocacy group Public Citizen Truth Social was found to shadowban liberal and progressive users that disagree with the site s narrative as well as a swathe of other content including some conservative content Truth Social has banned content mentioning abortion and the January 6 hearings 99 100 96 Public Citizen concluded that Truth Social s content moderation was substantially more limiting than Twitter and said Truth Social s policies were creating an echo chamber of violent views 99 100 OperationsLaunch Trump made the platform s first post on February 16 2022 101 That day TMTG CEO Devin Nunes said he expected the platform would not completely open to the public until late March 102 A beta test with 500 users was in operation during February 2022 103 On February 21 2022 Truth Social was released on Apple iOS 104 reaching number one on the App Store s top charts 105 106 Due to an extensive backlog of applicants upon downloading the app about 500 000 people who initially attempted to register as users were automatically waitlisted 107 108 109 The app was installed 872 000 times during its first week but a month later new user signup had fallen to 60 000 per week During that time weekly visits to truthsocial com fell from 6 million to fewer than 2 million 110 Upon its launch the British automotive solar power company Trailar complained Truth Social s app logo closely resembled its T logo 111 The platform has been criticized for its poor performance at launch with waitlisting users attempting to register and extended outages 112 A day after its launch The Washington Post described it as a disaster 107 A week after Newsweek reported some early adopters were beginning to lose interest in the app due to low numbers of users and poor engagement although others were willing to persevere with the app to see if things would improve 113 Audience growth The Truth Social platform suffered from severe and persistent problems with scalability at launch limiting the platform s growth 114 115 In early March 2022 multiple sources reported that Truth Social usage remained low with Trump himself not having posted to his account since his first message two weeks earlier and his account having only 140 000 followers less than 0 2 of the 90 million followers he had on Twitter before his account was banned 87 114 The Daily Dot reported the Truth Social iOS app had fallen from the number one slot for downloads on the Apple App Store to number 84 116 The Daily Beast reported Trump was dissatisfied with the social network s progress 115 74 At the end of March 2022 TheWrap reported that weekly installations of the Truth Social app had fallen from 872 000 in its launch week to around 60 000 per week a reduction of over 90 Visits to truthsocial com had also fallen from 6 million per week to 1 9 million According to Sensor Tower Truth Social had been downloaded 1 2 million times by late March 117 In early April 2022 Bloomberg News reported that shares in Truth Social s publicly traded holding company Digital World Acquisition Corp DWAC had fallen 31 from the time of the app s launch in late February 118 and 64 from its all time high 119 In early April 2022 Business Insider described Truth Social as like a conservative ghost town that had been overrun by bots 120 A U S based reporter for the BBC attempted to sign up in early April and was placed on a waitlist with about 1 4 million requests ahead of him 121 On April 4 it was reported that Josh Adams and Billy Boozer the platform s chief of technology and chief of product development respectively had left the company 59 24 A report in The Washington Post stated Truth Social was falling apart with problems mounting on multiple fronts 122 A Guardian article compared Truth Social with Trump Steaks and Trump Vodka 24 As of late April 2022 MarketWatch reported Truth Social had around 513 000 active daily users compared to Twitter s reported active daily userbase of 217 million 123 Usership figures were not available but Trump was reported on August 19 2022 to have 3 9 million Truth Social followers He had had 89 million on Twitter and 34 million on Facebook before being banned from both platforms 124 As of early June 2022 SimilarWeb reported Truth Social s iOS app as ranking 49 in the social networking category of apps on the Apple App Store 125 As of October 2022 the iOS app had sunk to 75 in the social networking category 126 During May 2023 SimilarWeb s ranking of the Truth Social iOS app has fluctuated wildly ranging from 18 to 153 in the Apple App Store social networking category during that period 127 Acquisition of Twitter by Elon Musk Main article Acquisition of Twitter by Elon Musk Following Elon Musk s proposed acquisition of Twitter many commentators observed that a Musk run Twitter would be likely to reduce demand for Truth Social s services 128 129 Musk said that as of late April 2022 Truth Social iOS app downloads exceeded those of Twitter and TikTok on the same platform 130 He said Truth Social only existed because of Twitter s restrictions on free speech Describing Truth Social as a terrible name Musk joked that it should be renamed Trumpet 131 132 Following Musk s comments on Twitter the Truth Social app rose in popularity returning to the number 1 position for free iOS apps on Apple s App Store on April 30 with the Twitter app at number 2 DWAC shares also rose in value 133 134 DWAC s share price fell after Musk s announcement of his intention to buy Twitter 135 Truth Social CEO Devin Nunes later stated that Musk had been encouraged by Trump to buy Twitter 136 Musk denied this saying This is false I ve had no communication directly or indirectly with Trump who has publicly stated that he will be exclusively on Truth Social 137 138 Musk subsequently said he intended to reverse Twitter s ban on Trump s Twitter account if his bid for the company was successful 139 Following Musk s comments Nunes reiterated that Trump was committed to Truth Social and would not rejoin Twitter even if his ban were to be lifted 140 Following Musk s announcement in July that he no longer intended to purchase Twitter DWAC shares rose 141 Musk later went through with the deal purchased Twitter in October 2022 and after a public poll resulted in a majority of people wanting the ban to be lifted the ban on Donald Trump was lifted in November 142 Donald Trump would not post to Twitter again for nearly a year stating he preferred to use Truth Social as his primary platform 143 144 Financial issues As of May 2022 update Truth Social had not secured any advertising revenue TMTG stated it expects to incur significant losses into the foreseeable future 145 In late August 2022 Fox Business reported that Truth Social s hosting company RightForge claimed it was owed 1 6 million by Truth Social and was threatening to take legal action 146 In early September 2022 Digital World Acquisition Corp DWAC the SPAC set to acquire TMTG secured an extension from shareholders for up to six months for it to perform the deal This left DWAC shares trading at 24 down from a 2021 high of 175 147 In the same month Politico writer Jack Shafer wrote about the slow cooking financial disaster that has been simmering in Donald Trump s business Crock Pot 148 On September 24 Reuters reported investors had withdrawn commitments of almost 140 million following the expiry of a deadline on September 20 149 On November 3 DWAC postponed the shareholder vote on the merger deal for a sixth time 150 In January 2023 the New York Times reported that while Truth Social now carried advertising it was limited to niche products without the participation of major brands It reported Truth Social s burn rate at around 1 7m per month 151 In March 2023 The Guardian reported that Federal prosecutors in New York involved in the criminal investigation into Donald Trump s social media company last year started examining whether it violated money laundering statutes in connection with the acceptance of 8m with suspected Russian ties 49 50 152 In September 2023 DWAC postponed the merger deadline yet again 153 In October 2023 DWAC disclosed in a regulatory filing that it would refund to investors the 1 billion it had raised for TMTG the parent company of Truth Social 19 triggering speculation that this might lead to Truth Social s eventual demise 154 A November 2023 DWAC financial disclosure indicated TMTG had generated losses such that management had substantial doubt about its ability to pay its bills and the company s accounting firm had substantial doubt about TMTG s ability to remain in business 20 155 156 The Hollywood Reporter reported that Truth Social had made losses to date of between 31 5 million and 60 5 million depending on the basis of how the accounts were interpreted 157 A number of news outlets had initially reported higher losses based on the report leading Truth Social s parent company to file a lawsuit against them accusing them of defamation 158 159 Regulatory issues In June 2022 federal regulators investigated whether TMTG had illegally coordinated with its holding company Digital World Acquisition Corp prior to the latter going public 160 A federal grand jury was empaneled as part of the investigation TMTG released a statement saying they are cooperating with the investigation 161 Due to the investigation Digital World has not merged with TMTG as planned Digital World asked its shareholders to vote to allow an extra year to complete the merger but as of September 6 2022 it appeared they will not vote in favor of the extra time If the companies do not merge Truth Social may not receive 1 3 billion from Digital World 162 Donald Trump was revealed to have left the company s board on June 8 prior to the issuing of subpoenas 163 World Trademark Review reported that Truth Social had been applied for as a trademark in the European Union within a week of the announcement of Trump s company and registered potentially preventing the Truth Social service from operating in most of Europe 164 At the end of August 2022 the U S Patent and Trademark Office denied Trump Media amp Technology Group s application for a trademark on Truth Social as two companies already use the term 165 A whistleblower submission was made by Will Wilkerson to the Securities and Exchange Commission in August 2022 with original source information of alleged federal securities law violations detailing fraudulent misrepresentations in violation of federal securities laws 166 167 Wilkerson was one of the company s earliest employees he held the post of senior vice president of operations and was intimately involved in internal TMTG business strategy discussions He was dismissed from the company in October 2022 167 168 On February 15 2024 the SEC approved the merger declaring the registration statement for DWAC s combination with TMTG to be effective after markets closed on Wednesday February 14 2024 169 170 171 Notable activityDonald Trump See also Social media use by Donald Trump Early use February July 2022 Although Donald Trump s participation in TMTG and the scale of his social media following was a major part of TMTG s marketing for Truth Social 39 Trump was initially not a frequent user of the Truth Social platform He made the platform s first post on February 16 2022 with the message Get ready Your favorite president will see you soon 101 His next post was made on April 28 posting I M BACK COVFEFE a reference to the covfefe meme 172 Trump then started posting more frequently 173 Following the announcement of Elon Musk s proposed takeover of Twitter Trump publicly stated that he does not intend to return to Twitter and intends to remain on Truth Social 174 175 176 On May 6 in a court filing responding to the New York attorney general s demand for his cell phones Trump said Truth Social had recently given him a phone that he only uses to post on Truth Social 177 According to reports Trump has a licensing agreement with TMTG requiring him to use Truth Social as his primary social media platform and to wait at least six hours before reposting material to any other social media platform with some exceptions for political activities 178 179 After the Mar a Lago raid August September 2022 In early August 2022 Truth Social experienced a significant uptick in downloads following the FBI search of Mar a Lago 180 Following the publication of a heavily redacted affidavit regarding the search Trump reacted angrily to the contents of the document in a series of Truth Social posts saying Affidavit heavily redacted Nothing mentioned on Nuclear a total public relations subterfuge by the FBI amp DOJ or our close working relationship regarding document turnover WE GAVE THEM MUCH 181 The commentator Barbara McQuade observed that Trump s Truth Social posts on the matter might potentially undermine Trump s defense against charges arising from the search 182 Trump followed this days later with a sequence of sixty Truth Social posts Multiple news sources noted that these posts represented a marked increase in the intensity of his rhetoric explicitly referencing QAnon and 4chan conspiracy theories 183 184 185 Since October 2022 In October 2022 Trump posted a comment criticizing American Jews telling them to get their act together and appreciate what they have in Israel before it s too late 186 Three organizations including the Anti Defamation League and the Jewish Democratic Council of America 187 188 criticized Trump s comment as condescending and as repeating a dual loyalty antisemitic trope 189 190 Rabbi Yaakov Menken managing director at the Coalition for Jewish Values 191 on the contrary stated that he supported Trump s comments and did not consider them as antisemitic 192 193 In November 2022 Trump released a post claiming without evidence that he had sent in the FBI and the U S Attorneys in 2018 to assist in the Florida gubernatorial election of Ron DeSantis 194 195 196 197 198 On 4 December 2022 Trump used his Truth Social account to say alleged election fraud allows for the termination of election rules found in the Constitution of the United States 199 stating So with the revelation of MASSIVE amp WIDESPREAD FRAUD amp DECEPTION in working closely with Big Tech Companies the DNC amp the Democrat Party do you throw the Presidential Election Results of 2020 OUT and declare the RIGHTFUL WINNER or do you have a NEW ELECTION A Massive Fraud of this type and magnitude allows for the termination of all rules regulations and articles even those found in the Constitution Our great Founders did not want and would not condone False amp Fraudulent Elections 200 201 Trump s remarks were condemned by multiple parties including the White House 201 In The Week Damon Linker described it as the moment Trump finally jumped the shark 202 Subsequently Trump denied he called for the termination of the Constitution but maintained that any election misconduct should be undone 203 204 205 Afterward Trump posted a link 206 to an article claiming that by allows for Trump meant that those engaging in voter fraud were effectively terminating the Constitution not that Trump was calling for the Constitution s termination 207 In August 2023 following special counsel s Jack Smith s indictment of Trump for charges related to the 2020 Presidential election Trump posted IF YOU GO AFTER ME I M COMING AFTER YOU to Truth Social 208 Investigators referred Trump s remarks to the judge responsible for the case seeking a protective order 209 On August 25 2023 Trump posted to X Twitter regarding his arrest in Georgia in regard to the Georgia election racketeering prosecution This was his first use of social media outside of Truth Social for some years 210 Devin Nunes Devin Nunes the CEO of Truth Social posted a meme on the platform in October 2022 making a joke about the attack on Paul Pelosi while referencing inaccurate reports that the attacker was in his underwear at the time Nunes was widely criticized by Twitter users for doing this 211 Gavin Newsom On June 16 2022 California Governor Gavin Newsom announced he had joined Truth Social writing on his Twitter account I just joined Trump s Truth Social Going to be on there calling out Republican lies This could get interesting My first post breaking down America s red state murder problem 212 213 Use by right wing extremists Truth Social has been described as an alt tech 5 6 7 social media platform Such platforms are popular among the alt right far right and others who espouse extremism or fringe theories often because they employ less stringent content moderation than mainstream platforms 214 215 216 Axios reported that Truth Social had given a verified account to the white nationalist advocate 217 Nick Fuentes who has been banned from Twitter and Facebook 218 On August 11 2022 a gunman identified as Ricky Shiffer wearing body armor and armed with a nail gun and an AR 15 style rifle attempted to storm the offices of the Federal Bureau of Investigation FBI in Cincinnati Ohio Following a subsequent police pursuit he was killed in a standoff with police 219 Shiffer had published multiple posts on Truth Social in the days before the attack following the FBI search of Mar a Lago in which he expressed his desire to engage in violence and called for the killings of FBI agents He also reportedly wrote a post on Truth Social following the attack which detailed his failed attempt to storm the building 220 221 Since Shiffer s actions some Truth Social users including a verified account with 74 000 followers who said he was a designer for the site claimed the attack was a false flag without providing evidence 222 and the calls for violence were posts planted by federal law enforcement officials or Democratic operatives 221 223 In August 2023 Truth Social notified the FBI that Craig DeLeeuw Robertson had used Truth Social to make death threats against President Joe Biden Robertson was later shot and killed at an armed standoff with FBI agents 224 Robertson who had previously made death threats to multiple people and posted that he had a rifle he described as a democrat eradicator was a registered Republican who described himself as a Maga Trumper 225 226 Bot accounts Axios reported in February 2022 that Truth Social had official looking accounts for Fox News TMZ the National Football League NASA NASCAR and others with legitimate appearing links and logos which had not been created by the named entities The accounts were labelled as bot accounts 227 The Fox News account has since been verified by the platform 228 By April 2022 a bot account for The New York Times was labeled The Failing NY Times 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