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Donald Trump rolls out Truth Social app on Apple App Store following ban on Twitter, Facebook

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Donald Trump has been permanently banned on Twitter and suspended for two years on Facebook. Now he is debuting his own platform called Truth Social, and this means his return to social media is imminent.

According to Reuters, the new app will be available for download via Apple's App Store this week. There were people who had already pre-ordered the app, so Truth Social will be automatically downloaded on their Apple devices as soon as it is officially launched.

There were also some people who were invited to test out the app before its release, and it was reported that there were users who experienced difficulties when signing up. Some received a message saying they have been added to a waitlist due to high demand.

The Truth Social is the new venture of Trump Media & Technology Group that is being led by its chief executive officer, who was also a former Republican Representative, Devin Nunes. The business just joined the growing list of companies that are entering the market for technologies that are promoting free speech. These are building a space for people to freely express their own views that were stamped out in most mainstream platforms.

"This week we will begin to roll out on the Apple App Store. That's going to be awesome because we're going to get so many more people that are going to be on the platform," Nunes told Fox News via an interview on "Sunday Morning Futures with Maria Bartiromo. "Our goal is, I think we are going to hit it, I think by the end of March we are going to be fully operational at least within the United States."

Meanwhile, the Truth Social has been described as having some similarities to Twitter. At least 500 individuals joined the testing phase as beta testers.

Once launched, it is expected to become Donald Trump's new platform for expressing his thoughts and views since he was barred from using Twitter, Facebook, and YouTube after the attack on the U.S. Capitol in January of last year. The decision was made after the former POTUS has been accused of inciting violence through the messages he posted on the said social media platforms.

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