Donald Trump's Truth Social App Not approved By Google Why?

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The Google Play store will not accept the Truth Social app from former US President Donald Trump unless it complies with the company's guidelines for content moderation, which include no violent threats. The internet giant issued the declaration in response to the Trump campaign's claim that it was unaware of the reason why its social network app hadn't yet been accepted for the Google Play Store, which houses media for Android-powered smartphones.


Donald Trump Truth Social App not approved by google
Donald Trump Truth Social App is not approved by google


Why Truth Social App Not approved By Google?

Violations of Google's policies on Truth Social include physical threats and incitement to violence, according to the company.

According to a Google representative, the firm informed Truth Social that their app breached Play regulations and needed "effective procedures for regulating user-generated material" in order to be made available on the platform on August 19.

“On August 19, we notified Truth Social of several violations of standard policies in their current app submission and reiterated that having effective systems for moderating user-generated content is a condition of our terms of service for any app to go live on Google Play,” Google said in a statement. The search giant has noted that the social media app violates some of its guidelines.

Google said that Trump's Truth Social app violated Play policies and required "effective systems for moderating user-generated content" in order to be offered on the platform. Former US President Donald Trump launched his ‘Truth Social’ app last year after his account was permanently suspended by Twitter over his tweets allegedly inciting rioters who stormed the US Capitol.

Basically, Truth social app on Play Store need to improve or lack of insufficient content moderation.

Donald Trump's Response to Truth social App Rejected By Google

In response to Google’s allegations, Trump’s social media company has said that it has “continuously worked in good faith with Google to ensure that the Truth Social Android App complies with Google’s policies without compromising our promise to be a haven for free speech. “Moreover, some of our competitors’ apps are allowed in the Google Play Store despite rampantly violating Google’s prohibition on sexual content and other policies, whereas Truth Social has zero tolerance for sexually explicit content,” the company said in a press release.

The IT company claims that the software violates policies prohibiting content that calls for violence and physical threats. The Google official stated, "Last week Truth Social emailed back accepting our criticism and indicating they are working on fixing these issues."

Back in April, Trump’s Truth social app was the most downloaded free iPhone app in the App Store. Interestingly, when Tesla CEO Elon Musk was in the process of taking over Twitter, he invited Trump to rejoin Twitter. Musk was against Trump’s ban and criticized Twitter executives for banning him. However, Trump politely declined his offer.

Because Truth Social isn't available on Android operating systems, around 44% of U.S. smartphone users can't download it.

Truth Social would still be allowed to distribute its app through other internet channels other than Google's online store, such as its website. The only entry point to the company's mobile devices is Apple's App Store, where a version of Truth Social was still accessible as of Wednesday.


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