Trump announces new social media network ‘TRUTH Social’ to launch next year that will ‘fight back against Big Tech’

FORMER President Donald Trump is taking on Big Tech “tyranny” by minting his own social media network site called “TRUTH Social.”

“I created TRUTH Social and TMTG to stand up to the tyranny of Big Tech,” the 45th president stated in a release before taking swipes at his former favorite social media platform.

“We live in a world where the Taliban has a huge presence on Twitter, yet your favorite American President has been silenced. This is unacceptable,” Trump said in a release.

Trump further expressed his anticipation to create his first post, which he referred to as a “TRUTH.”

The tagline on the mockup that suggests users can pre-order on February 21, 2022, reads “Follow the Truth.”

‘FIRST TRUTH’

“I am excited to send out my first TRUTH on TRUTH Social very soon,” he wrote, according to .

The app is slated to begin a beta launch for invited guests by November before debuting officially within the first quarter of 2022, reported.

He described the future site as an unfiltered forum to allow for open discourse and encourage free speech. 

‘VOICE TO ALL’

The venture is part of the former president’s recently established Trump Media & Technology Group (TMTG).

“TMTG was founded with a mission to give a voice to all. 

“I’m excited to soon begin sharing my thoughts on TRUTH Social and to fight back against Big Tech.” 

Trump suggested that he was answering the call to concerned citizens who inspired him to push back against Silicon Valley.

“Everyone asks me why doesn’t someone stand up to Big Tech? Well, we will be soon!” he added.

Trump was permanently suspended from major social media networks, including Facebook and Twitter following the deadly January 6 Capitol riot. 

He had amassed 88 million followers.

“After close review of recent Tweets from the @realDonaldTrump account and the context around them — specifically how they are being received and interpreted on and off Twitter — we have permanently suspended the account due to the risk of further incitement of violence,” the company’s two days after the storming of the Capital.

Earlier in October, Trump has .

He argued Twitter “exercises a degree of power and control over political discourse in this country that is immeasurable, historically unprecedented, and profoundly dangerous to open democratic debate.”

BLOG-LESS

Once he left Washington D.C. for Mar-a-Lago in Florida, Trump invented his own signature blog that mimicked Twitter.

It lasted for about a month before it disbanded.

Ever since, Trump has been releasing statements through surrogates’ social media accounts and also on his website DonaldJTrump.com.