Trump’s new social media platform was hacked immediately after being announced. According to reports, hackers descended on the beta version of the website two hours after Trump announced TRUTH Social would be launched in early 2022.
The hackers reportedly made fake Donald Trump and Mike Pence profiles on the site before it was taken offline.
The Daily Mail reports:
The site’s public URL was soon taken offline, according to the Daily Dot’s Mikael Thalen, who created a fake Trump profile.
The new Trump Media & Technology Group said it will create a rival social network to the current ‘liberal media consortium’ and ‘fight back against the ‘Big Tech’ companies of Silicon Valley, which have used their unilateral power to silence opposing voices in America.’
Trump, who will serve as TMTG’s chairman, said, ‘I created TRUTH Social and TMTG to stand up to the tyranny of Big Tech. 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. I am excited to send out my first TRUTH on TRUTH Social very soon. 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. Everyone asks me why doesn’t someone stand up to Big Tech? Well, we will be soon!’
The TRUTH Social app is available for pre-order on the Apple app store. Trump has hinted at creating his own social media platform since being removed from major apps like Facebook and Twitter following the Capitol riot.
