Google approves Donald Trump’s Truth Social for Play Store
- The app, which earlier launched on Apple’s platform, was previously not easily available to Android users because of concerns over content moderation
- Truth Social restored Trump’s presence on social media after he was banned from Twitter and Facebook following the attack on the US capitol
Alphabet Inc’s Google has approved former US president Donald Trump’s social media app Truth Social for distribution in the Google Play Store, a company spokesperson said on Wednesday.
Trump Media & Technology Group (TMTG), which operates Truth Social, is expected to make the app available in the Play Store soon, Google said.
TMTG did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Truth Social, which launched in the United States in the Apple App Store in February, had not previously been available in the Play Store due to insufficient content moderation, according to a Google spokesperson in August.
Google had expressed concerns to Truth Social about violations of its Play Store policies prohibiting content like physical threats and incitement to violence.
Without the Google and Apple stores, there is no easy way for most smartphone users to download Truth Social. Google’s Play Store is the main way users of Android phones in the United States download apps.