Politico | Team Trump quietly launches new social media platform GETTR
- Former Trump adviser starts Twitter-like social-media platform GETTR
- Donald Trump has been banned by Twitter, Facebook and others
This story is published in a content partnership with POLITICO. It was originally reported by Meredith McGraw, Tina Nguyen and Cristiano Lima on politico.com on July 1, 2021.
Former US president Donald Trump’s team quietly launched a new social media platform on Thursday, billing it as an alternative to Big Tech sites.
But the debut immediately ran into confusion about whether it was the former president’s long-promised bid to offer his legions of followers their own social media haven or merely the next attempt to build a MAGA-alternative to the main platforms.
The site, called GETTR, advertised its mission statement as “fighting cancel culture, promoting common sense, defending free speech, challenging social media monopolies, and creating a true marketplace of ideas”. The app is currently in beta form and will be officially launched on July 4 at 10am.
Trump’s former spokesman, Jason Miller, is leading the platform, he confirmed via text. Former Trump campaign spokesperson Tim Murtaugh is involved as a consultant on the app.
Trump’s involvement with the project is unclear as is whether he will set up an account on GETTR and use it.
