Former US President Donald Trump’s (2017-2021) social network of Truth Social (Social Truth) violates Play Store rules for content moderation, so Google has not yet approved the app for Android.

“On August 19, we reported to Truth Social several standard policy violations in current app submission and reiterate that having active systems for moderating user-generated content is one of our conditions for any (Google Play) app,” the American giant showed to the media. axioms this Tuesday.

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Launched for pre-order on Android in early August, Truth Social received warnings before some posts saying, “This content may not be suitable for all audiences.” But the post is not lost and continues on the platform.

Devin Nunes, CEO and former congressman of the Trump Media and Technology Group, said the decision rests with Google, not Truth Social.

“When will we be available on Android? Look, this is linked to the Google Play store. “We’re waiting for their confirmation, I don’t know why it’s taking so long,” Nunes said on the podcast Friday. No Noise Just News.

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The Truth Social application, which was launched on February 21 due to the Presidents’ Day celebrations in the United States and was created as an alternative to Twitter, is also available on the Apple App Store and browsers.

According to Axios, the app’s inability to download on Android affects approximately 44% of smartphone users in the United States.

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The media points out that the company owes more than $1.6 million to one of its technology providers.

Trump, who used networks—specifically Twitter—to constantly communicate with his followers during the 2016 election campaign and during his tenure as head of government, was banned from Twitter, Facebook, and YouTube following the attack on the Capitol on January 6, 2016. 2021 led to the creation of Truth Social to circumvent this veto.