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The two former executives of Truth Social were involved in a hacking lawsuit
A board member of Trump Media and Technology Group (DWAC) allegedly hacked a company executive’s Mailchimp account to email ARC II’s shareholders about Truth Social’s deal with Trump Media. DWAC had announced the deal with Truth Social earlier this month. The lawsuit stated that DWAC’s board member, Christopher Swider, used the hacked account to use…
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Trump’s social media company surge in trading debut is a boost to his wealth
US President Donald Trump’s meme-based media company Truth Social’s share price surged after it went public on the Nasdaq on Tuesday, making it the world’s third most valuable meme-related company. Trump had acquired a 50% stake in the company for $290 million last year. The stock rose over 40% in first 24 hours, valuing the…
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His supporters are still spreading rumors about him
Several supporters of US President Donald Trump have claimed that Nikki Haley won just one Iowa county, Johnson County by one vote. “She won one county, Johnson County in the Eastern part of the state- by one vote,” a Trump supporter wrote on Trump’s own platform Truth Social. “Haley by one vote in Johnson County…
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There is no one on the platform who is safe from Musk
Media Matters for America President Angelo Carusone has said that a “keyhole view” of what Twitter under billionaire Elon Musk will look like will be seen on alternative platforms like Parler, Gab and Truth Social. Carusone added that researchers will launch studies looking at changes in the spread of disinformation, suspensions, and whether Twitter users…
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Mastodon is Hurtling towards a tipping point.
Twitter has said it’s working to make Mastodon, Elon Musk-led social media platform, more transparent. Earlier this month, Twitter announced a policy that would ban users from posting content on any other social media platform, including Facebook, Instagram and Truth Social. The move follows the suspension of accounts of journalists covering Twitter and Musk, among…
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The Trust and Safety Council was dissolved by Musk.
For a “keyhole view of what Twitter under Musk will look like”, just look at alternative platforms like Parler, Gab and Truth Social that promise fewer restrictions on speech, Angelo Carusone, President of media watchdog group Media Matters for America, said. He added that researchers will be launching studies comparing Twitter before and after Elon…
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Disinformation become more intractable.
US President Donald Trump’s anti-Semitic tweet on ‘Truth Social’ was shared over 11,000 times and received thousands of comments, according to the data from social media analysis firm Graphiq. Trump’s tweet claimed that he won the 2020 presidential vote in Wisconsin despite all evidence to the contrary. In May, Tesla CEO Elon Musk argued that…