Trump must post on Truth Social first even if Elon Musk lifts Twitter ban

Former President Donald Trump will likely be legally obligated to initially publish content material on his Reality Social platform -- even when Elon Musk lifts his ban from Twitter.
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Donald Trump will likely be legally obligated to publish content material on his personal social media platform, Reality Social, earlier than mouthing off elsewhere — even when his Twitter ban is lifted.

The previous president’s return to Twitter has been buzzed about since Elon Musk bid $44 billion to take over the corporate.

Nonetheless, Trump should publish any of his posts on Reality Social a minimum of six hours earlier than posting the identical content material on every other web site, in line with an SEC submitting from Digital World Acquisition Corp.

DWAC is the clean verify firm, also referred to as a particular function acquisition firm (SPAC), that was created to facilitate a merger with the Trump-owned media agency, Trump Media & Expertise Group, for the aim of taking it public.

Shares of DWAC, which is traded on the Nasdaq, have been even on the opening bell on Monday.

Trump’s cope with DWAC would nonetheless enable him to “publish social media communications from his private profile that particularly pertains to political messaging, political fundraising or get-out-the vote efforts at any time on any Non-TMTG social media platforms,” in line with the submitting.

Elon Musk, the Tesla CEO, has vowed to reinstate Trump’s account if he completes his takeover of Twitter.

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Trump was completely banned from Twitter and different massive social media websites after he was accused of fomenting violence on the US Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.

Final week, Musk stated he would reverse Twitter’s ban on Trump.

Musk on Friday tweeted that the deal to amass Twitter was on maintain “pending particulars supporting calculation that spam/pretend accounts do certainly symbolize lower than 5% of customers.”

The Tesla CEO stated he was nonetheless dedicated to following by way of on the acquisition, although Wall Road analysts suppose the “bot” challenge is merely a ploy to get Twitter to cut back the asking value.

Trump supporters have been energized by the prospect of Musk taking management of Twitter and overhauling its content material moderation coverage.

Trump, for his half, has vowed to not return to Twitter, as an alternative touting his personal social media platform, Reality Social.

The positioning has been downloaded roughly 1.4 million occasions thus far because it launched in February, in line with Sensor Tower. Twitter has roughly 300 million customers – counting the bots.

Musk, in a uncommon public reference to the scenario final month, stated Reality Social is due for a reputation change.

“Reality Social (horrible identify) exists as a result of Twitter censored free speech,” Musk tweeted. “Must be known as Trumpet as an alternative!”

The previous president has touted his personal Reality Social platform, which was created as a right-wing various to Twitter.

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Trump has not been as energetic on Reality Social as he was on Twitter.

Final week, the previous president took to Reality Social and predicted that Musk wouldn’t purchase the San Francisco-based agency “at such a ridiculous value.”

“There is no such thing as a method Elon Musk goes to purchase Twitter at such a ridiculous value, particularly since realizing it's a firm largely based mostly on BOTS or Spam Accounts,” the forty fifth president wrote.

“Pretend anybody?” added Trump.

Trump continued: “By the point you do away with them, if that may even be completed, what do you've got? Not a lot?”

He added: “If it weren’t for the ridiculous Billion Greenback breakup price, Elon would have already been lengthy gone.”

Trump then touted his personal social media platform, which has been struggling since its launch as a result of technical glitches in addition to the departure of high executives.

“Simply my opinion, however Reality Social is MUCH higher than Twitter and is totally exploding, unimaginable engagement!”

Musk’s pending acquisition of Twitter was welcomed by supporters of Trump who say it should usher in a brand new period of unfettered speech.

However a Trump-friendly atmosphere on Twitter might spell unhealthy information for Reality Social, which was particularly created as an alternative choice to the mainstream micro-blogging platform.

Musk has vowed to take a much less censorious method to content material moderation on Twitter and has blasted former firm choices – such because the transfer to ban The New York Publish’s unique story about Hunter Biden’s laptop computer – as “clearly extremely inappropriate.”