While other platforms like Gettr, Parler, Gab, and Telegram have a notable follower base, they still fall short of the scale of Twitter-one reason why Trump’s own children Donald Jr. And when you have 95% of the news being fake out there, being funneled through these social media companies, it’s very, very dangerous for America,” Nunes said. “The two big companies here are TikTok, Chinese-owned, and Instagram…those are where the eyeballs are at. He wants users to get their content straight from conservative outlets by bypassing the current duopoly of gatekeepers. “Twitter is a totally different platform than what we’re creating.” “Twitter is a global PR wire on the internet,” Nunes told Hannity on Monday, explaining that his vision for TRUTH Social is more of a community. ![]() Rather than potentially tweeting again if given the opportunity, he pledged to begin “TRUTHing” over the next week. “I am not going on Twitter, I am going to stay on TRUTH,” he told Fox News on Monday. ![]() Right-wing pundits and influencers have relished the idea of Trump’s return to the platform, with one, Andy Ngô, noting (in a tweet) that Twitter employees had used internal chats to indicate that “their biggest fear is Donald Trump being unbanned.” But in a blow to their hopes, Trump has now ruled out a return to his favorite microblogging platform in order to focus all efforts on building up his own platform he calls TRUTH Social. And while Musk has not explicitly said he would like Trump to return, the centibillionaire has made clear his opposition to heavy-handed suspensions that could be perceived as corporate censorship by Big Tech. ![]() The former President became the highest-profile casualty of its content moderation policies, after he was banned for “inciting violence” following the Jan.
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