Key Sentence:
- Donald Trump may or may not join Getty.
- The newly created social app of the former spokesman for the former president.
The double-reporting Trump was fired – or frozen – by the primary social media services for his role in the January 6 attacks on Capitol Hill. But after news emerged on Thursday of the app’s link to the former US president, it was quickly filled with fake accounts of people trying to look like Trump had joined the app.
According to Politico, Getty was founded by Jason Miller, who stepped down as Trump’s senior adviser last month to become the company’s CEO, which first announced the news. Miller confirmed his participation in Gettr on Twitter and posted on Twitter.
“The official launch of the app is on Sunday at 10:00 – Independence Day!!!” In an account with Fox News, Miller said that the username @realDonaldTrump (site account says it doesn’t exist at the moment) “He’s waiting and ready to go.
I hope he will follow suit, but President Trump has several different options for him to consider. “Miller also said that Getty would screen high-ranking users, claiming that Trump did not fund the company.
At least two fake Trump accounts – ReaIDonaIdTrump (with capital, not Ls), realDonaIdTrump (with the money I in “Donald”) – were created the Thursday before the company deactivated them. In addition, Miller introduced himself as Gettr before the @jasonmiller account was banned.
Another fake Gettr account is @OfficialDTrump, who insisted in a post: “TO RECORD: This is the OFFICIAL account of Donald J. Trump. Another account claiming to be me is a scam and outright scam. “This account was also blocked on Thursday.
Meanwhile, the seemingly fake @OfficialDTrump account is still active at the time of publication, with one post: “I can now tell the TRUTH to all my patriots on this AWESOME app without taking my FIRST CHANGE RIGHTS away!” (The first bill prohibits the government from restricting freedom of expression and does not apply to private companies.)
