Violent Posts Keep Trump App Off Google Play Store

Axios reports:

Google hasn’t yet approved Truth Social’s Android app for distribution via its Play Store because of insufficient content moderation, a Google spokesperson tells Axios.

What Google is saying: “On Aug. 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.”

“Last week Truth Social wrote back acknowledging our feedback and saying that they are working on addressing these issues.” A source says that Google’s concerns relate to content such as physical threats and incitements to violence.

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Trump currently owes Truth Social’s hosting service at least $1.6 million and hasn’t paid the bill in months.

CEO Devin Nunes claimed last week that he didn’t know why it was taking Google “so long” to approve Truth Social for its app store.

But Google says it told Truth Social why on Aug. 19 — and the social media app replied that it was working on the issues. https://t.co/nNCwpEhmZJ

— Axios (@axios) August 30, 2022