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- Already Hacked?
- Data Privacy
- Potential Implications of Data Collection
- Will It Be A Far-Right Platform?
- How Trump Controlled The Narrative
The Truth Social website has reportedly already been the target of hackers. It seems some users who managed to get early access also secured user handles including “donaldtrump” and “mikepence”. The site is offline at the time of writing this article, presumably while its cyber-security capabilities are upgraded. It may be the site came under a sus...
Truth Social’s developer, the Trump Media and Technology Group (or T Media Tech LLC), saidthe platform will routinely collect data about users’ browsing history, contact information (including their phone number) and any pictures or videos they post. Importantly, this information will be linked to the user’s identity. The platform will also gather ...
Having such richly textured information puts Truth Social in a position not only to learn about users’ opinions and behaviours, but also to target them with personalised political messaging. The legalities of this practice would have been carefully vetted to be on the right side of the law (morally questionable as it may be). And the technology for...
In the case of Truth Social, most of the opinions and ideas expressed will likely fall within the right of the political spectrum – everything from hardcore alt-right ideologies, to those slightly right of centre. However, as the platform is reliant on Apple and Google distributing it on their app stores, it’s unlikely the Truth Social platform can...
Robert Reich, former Secretary of Labour in the Clinton administration, outlines seven waysunscrupulous politicians exercise control over the media. These include berating and blacklisting dissenting media and raising a lynch-mob mentality. Opponents are demonised, sometimes with the added threat of legal action. Also in the playbook is the exclusi...
- David Tuffley
Mar 26, 2024 · Politics Mar 26, 2024 2:25 PM EDT. SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Former President Donald Trump launched his social media platform, Truth Social, in early 2022, after he was banned from major sites such...
Feb 21, 2022 · Following Donald Trump's permanent ban from Twitter in 2021, the former US president decided to launch his own social network, dubbed Truth Social, which he claims will "stand up to the tyranny...
Nov 18, 2022 · This Pew Research Center analysis provides data about Truth Social as Donald Trump runs for president in 2024. It is based on an October 2022 Center study that examined Truth Social and six other alternative social media sites – BitChute, Gab, Gettr, Parler, Rumble and Telegram – using a multi-method approach. Sites were included in the ...
Oct 22, 2021 · October 22, 2021 12:02 PM EDT. I n the wake of former President Donald Trump announcing plans Wednesday to launch a new social media platform called “TRUTH Social,” the site’s terms of service...
Oct 21, 2021 · Banished from major social media platforms, former President Donald Trump has announced plans to form a public company that will launch a long-anticipated social platform of his own, claiming...
