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Google hasn’t approved Truth Social’s Android app because of all the violent content
Truth Social is still MIA in Google’s mobile app store and it’s not because an Android version of the platform doesn’t exist.
According to a new report from Axios, Donald Trump’s conservative social network still has not been approved by Google for its Google Play store due to content moderation concerns from the tech giant.
“When are we going to be available on Android? Well, look, that’s up to the Google Play store,” said Truth Social CEO Devin Nunes in an Aug. 26 appearance on the right-wing media outlet, Real America’s Voice. “I mean we’re waiting on them to approve us and…I don’t know what’s taking so long.”
However, a source tells Axios that Truth Social is very aware of the issue and it relates to incitement and threats of physical violence found on the right-wing social media platform.
“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,” said Google in a statement to Axios.
Truth Social’s iOS app hit Apple’s App Store in February. While the app’s popularity in the App Store has ebbed and flowed over the year, there has been a surge in downloads following the FBI’s search and seizure at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago residence earlier this month. According to mobile analytics firm Data.ai, in the days following the FBI’s search for classified documents taken by the former president, Truth Social saw an average of 13,400 downloads per day in the App Store. That’s over five times more than the average downloads the week before. In total, Truth Social’s iOS app received 107,500 downloads from Aug. 8 to Aug. 15.
Without an Android app in the Google Play store, Truth Social is missing out on a chunk of U.S. smartphone users at a time when its main attraction, Donald Trump, is more active on the platform than ever before. Android phones make up more than 44 percent of the U.S.’s mobile operating system market share.
And, of course, its Android app problems aren’t Truth Social’s only woes. After a rocky start that saw trolls deface an early version of the site and the exit of crucial tech executives from the platform, Truth Social is now facing financial problems. The right-wing web hosting platform RightForge says that Trump’s social media platform owes the company more than $1.6 million in unpaid fees.
In addition to those issues, delays in a merger between Trump Media and Technology Group and Digital World Acquisition Corporation, the SPAC (special purpose acquisition company) that plans to take Trump’s tech company public, have caused its stock price to tumble from its peak of $97 this year to $24.59, which is what the stock is currently trading at the time of publishing.
As The Verge points out, Trump has increasingly spread QAnon-linked conspiracy theories on his platform since the FBI’s search. This obviously won’t help Truth Social and its content issues that Google has taken umbrage with.
What if GTA 6 actually lived up to Take-Two’s lofty expectations? Because it just might
When Take-Two CEO Strauss Zelnick, who’s well known for making courageous – and often unpopular – statements, claimed earlier this month that GTA 6 would set a new “creative benchmark for all entertainment,” many folks were quick to dismiss such claims as Take-Two and Rockstar Games’ hype machine derailing way too early. But what if he’s right?
The thought of Rockstar setting a new bar for interactive entertainment isn’t an alien concept. In fact, we’re still trying to figure out how the hell GTA Online keeps printing money at such an absurd rate in spite of years of complaints about a broken in-game economy and unbalanced updates. And maybe the answer is simply that Rockstar did in 2013 something that other triple-A developers are still struggling to figure out. It hasn’t been an easy evolution, but the UK-headquartered company has always been ahead of the curve.
To this day, we’re still talking about GTA 3 like the first proper 3D open-world game (sorry, Daggerfall). That’s canon now. Claude Speed’s hijinks in Liberty City set the stage for arguably the most famous structure used by modern action-adventure games. And while developers all over the world were trying to adjust to such a radical change, 2002 brought forth Vice City, which is a “magical place” for diehard fans – no matter when they first played it.
Microsoft wants Activision because of mobile gaming opportunities, says Phil Spencer
Xbox boss Phil Spencer recently touched on the reasoning behind the Activision Blizzard acquisition, noting that the mobile market is a big part of why the move took place.
The year obviously started with a bang when Microsoft announced it planned to acquire Activision Blizzard, but the reasoning behind it, aside from more money in the long term, wasn’t completely clear. But speaking to Bloomberg, Spencer has shed some light, and it seems that having more games on mobile, and a bit more on PC, was the main driving force behind the acquisition.
“The biggest gaming platform on the planet is mobile phones,” said Spencer. “One and a half billion people play on mobile phones. And I guess, regretfully as Microsoft, it’s not a place where we have a native platform. As gaming, coming from console and PC, we don’t have a lot of creative capability that has built hit mobile games.”
Strictly star Tony Adams reveals he turned down show six years ago because he feared it would ruin career
TONY Adams has revealed he turned down Strictly Come Dancing six years ago as he thought it would ruin his chances as a football manager.
The Arsenal legend went on to manage a string of football teams after retiring from the pitch.
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He admitted: “I still wanted to be a coach, which remains for me the best part of the football business.
“One of the main reasons I turned down chances to go on Strictly Come Dancing – despite the money on offer being good – was because I was concerned about not being taken seriously as a football coach after it.”
The formidable centre-back, who won 66 caps for England, is still the only player to captain a team to three top titles in three different decades.
Dad-of-six Adams said of the dance challenge: “To say I’m excited is an understatement.
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“The lure of the sequins and the call of the salsa has me swapping my battered old football boots for Strictly soft shoes. I can’t wait to meet my partner. God help her!”
Tony joins the other announced stars competing on the show including Will Mellor and Kym Marsh, who were the first contestants confirmed for the series.
Since then, Richie Anderson, Kaye Adams, Jayde Adams, Ellie Simmonds and Tyler West have also been revealed to be taking part.
Matt Goss, Molly Rainford, Fleur East and Ellie Taylor have also been revealed.
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Ahead of the show, Loose Women’s Kaye may be on the back foot on Strictly already – as doctors have found she is nearly deaf in one ear.
The 59-year-old said she has recently undergone a series of tests ahead of appearing on the hit BBC dance show and has been told she needs help.
She confirmed her “hearing is an issue” and that “I probably should be thinking about getting hearing aids”.
Homeworld 3 is a little fishy, but that’s only because of the coral reefs
Schools of heavily armed fish do battle inside massive structures in a new hands-on demo