Below are posts associated with the “Truth Social” tag.
🔗 linkblog: In The End, Trump Will Screw Over Anyone: Including His ‘Own’ Social Media Company | Techdirt'
Welp, all the more reason to leave birdsite behind.
🔗 linkblog: Trump Is Already Boosting Election Conspiracies Ahead of the Midterms'
I’ve been worrying about 2024, but 2022 is going to be bad enough. GOP needs to do something about this.
🔗 linkblog: On Truth Social, QAnon Accounts Found a Home and Trump’s Support - The New York Times'
I don’t know that any of this is surprising, but it remains worrying.
🔗 linkblog: What Happened After the Digital Crackdown on Extremists — ProPublica'
Interesting perspective on what’s happening on “alternative” platforms.
🔗 linkblog: FBI Standoff Suspect Posted ‘Call to Arms’ on Trump's Truth Social'
Interesting development here.
🔗 linkblog: Study Says Trump’s Truth Social Is Much More Aggressive, And Much More Arbitrary, In Moderating Content | Techdirt'
Unsurprising, but still a valuable read.
🔗 linkblog: Trump’s ‘Free Speech’ Social Network, Truth Social, Is Banning People For Truthing The Truth About January 6 Hearings | Techdirt'
This is a peak example of what performative concerns about “free speech” boil down to.
🔗 linkblog: Trump says he won’t leave Truth Social, despite Musk’s Twitter takeover - The Verge'
The quotes in here underline how often ‘free speech’ is used to mean ‘problematic right-wing talking points.’
🔗 linkblog: Roger Stone Claims He’s Being ‘Censored’ on Trump’s Truth Social'
All platforms moderate content, most content moderation isn’t censorship.
🔗 linkblog: just read 'Trump’s site Truth Social broke software rules, says copyleft group - The Verge'
Do not mess with open licensing.