Google Approves Truth Social For Its App Store

Gizmodo reports:

What kinds of promises does it take for Truth Social, a platform renowned for spreading misinformation and falsehoods by its most prolific and influential users, to get approved on Google Play Store? Apparently, all it takes is a vague promise to actually adhere to its existing terms of service.

Late on Wednesday Trump Media & Technology Group, the holding company behind the Truth Social app, announced their app was now available for download on Google Play Store. Check your phone and… yep, there it is, the big blue “T” staring back at you like the Eye of Sauron.

Truth Social has been awash in misinformation, anti-vax conspiracies, and QAnon content almost from day one. Former President Donald Trump, one of the app’s most subscribed-to accounts and Truth Social’s poster child, is actively platforming QAnon content.

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Truth Social, the social media app backed by former President Donald Trump, has been approved for the Google Play Store https://t.co/Vjx5r0cM9L

— CNN (@CNN) October 13, 2022

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— Donald Trump Jr. (@DonaldJTrumpJr) October 13, 2022