Former President Donald Trump’s alternative social media platform went live on Monday (21.02.2022).
The Twitter-like application known as Truth Social is owned by Trump Media and Technology Group, the media company Trump started after leaving the White House.
It is available for download on Apple’s App Store but access to the service appears limited for now.
According to a report by BBC, users who downloaded the app Monday morning were greeted by a message inviting them to register for the service — but the signup process ended in a waitlist to access the platform that had already grown to more than 150,000.
The app’s debut in the app store shows how Trump is seeking to muscle his way back onto social media a year after being suspended by multiple mainstream platforms, including Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube, following the Capitol riot on January 6th, 2021.
Trump’s app joins a growing ecosystem of digital products catering to, or popular with, conservatives.
