What is “Truth Social”?
A: Truth Social is an alt-tech social media platform.
Who created it?
A: It was created by Trump Media & Technology Group.
It is an American media and technology company founded
in October 2021 by whom?
A: Former U.S. president Donald Trump
The platform has been described as a competitor in the
alt-tech field that includes who?
A: Parler and Gab in attempting to provide an "uncensored" alternative to
Twitter and Facebook.
When did the service launch?
A: On February 21, 2022.
As of August 29, 2022, it was where in Apple's App
Store rankings for social media apps?
A: #25.
SimilarWeb ranked its website as what in their "News &
Media Publishers" category?
A: #133, behind Gab at #110, but ahead of Parler at #873.
From mid-2022 Truth Social was reported to be facing
what?
A: Financial and regulatory issues.
Why is the Truth Social app not available on
Google
Play?
A: Because of violations of Google policies prohibiting content with
physical threats and incitement to violence.
Former U.S. president Donald Trump raised the prospect
of building a new social media platform after what?
A: After he was banned from Facebook and Twitter in 2021, following the 2021
United States Capitol attack.
In May 2021, Trump launched "From the Desk of Donald J.
Trump", a web page where he posted what?
A: Short tweet-like announcements; it was shut down after less than a month,
with Trump's senior aide Jason Miller confirming that it would not be coming
back.
According to Reuters, two members of the cast of
Trump's TV show The Apprentice, Wes Moss and Andy Litinsky, were what?
A: "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.
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 whom?
A: 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.
Some investors were surprised to learn that their
investment money was being used for what?
A: To finance a Trump company.
In October 2021, TMTG published a document outlining
what?
A: 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.
On October 20, TMTG issued a press release announcing
what?
A: That the platform would have its public launch in "the first quarter of
2022."
It was slated to enter limited beta for iOS in Apple's
App Store in November 2021, and though it did not meet this schedule for its
beta testing, Trump claimed what in December 2021?
A: That "invited guests" were already using the beta system.
Hours after the press release, a person identifying
themselves as a part of the hacker collective Anonymous used Shodan to
discover what?
A: 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 what?
A: Leaked across social media.
Users began trolling, creating parody accounts, and
posting what?
A: Rants and memes.
Users were able to sign up with what?
A: Usernames of high-profile individuals including Trump, Mike Pence, and
Jack Dorsey.