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BAD NEWS FOR TRUMP: Truth Social Banned from Google Play Store

And the hits keep coming for Donald Trump! And it could happen to a better person. What comes around goes around and things are finally coming around for Trump.

Truth Social, Trump’s social media site that is basically just a Great Value Twitter, is currently unavailable in the Google Play store. Google said the app lacks an effective system for moderating user-generated content, which violates the store’s terms of service. Meaning, Trump’s MAGAts are spewing their white supremacist venom and no one at Truth Social gives a rat’s ass about it. In fact, they probably love it and encourage it.

Alphabet, which owns Google Play said, “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.”

This restriction means that Android users, who make up 44% of smartphone users in the U.S., can’t download the app. Google will not let the app go live until the content issues are addressed. Truth Social acknowledged Google’s concerns and said it would work on addressing these issues, according to Axios.

Let’s hope Apple sees the writing on the wall and does the same thing, and removes Truth Social from their app store.

Trump Media and Technology Group CEO Devin Nunes told a totally different story though, which isn’t surprising. The former Congressman and Trump devotee said the decision is up to Google and not dependent on Truth Social’s policies. Which is such a ridiculous answer.

“When are we going to be available on Android? Well, look, that’s up to the Google Play store. We’re waiting on them to approve us, I don’t know what’s taking so long,” Nunes said. “It sure would be nice if they would approve us.”

Google said that Nunes’ statements misrepresent the ongoing dialogue between Trump Media and the Google Play store. Google reiterated that Truth Social’s violations, and the steps to fix them, have been clearly communicated with the company.

Trump Media fought back, saying Truth Social was creating a “vibrant, family-friendly environment,” which is simply laughable.

“TMTG has no desire to litigate its business matters in the public sphere, but for the record, has promptly responded to all inquiries from Google. It is our belief that all Americans should have access to Truth Social no matter what devices they use. We look forward to Google approving Truth Social at their earliest convenience.”

Twitter is having a field day:

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