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Trump's Truth Social app censored an account that poked fun at the app's CEO, former congressman Devin Nunes

Isobel Asher Hamilton
Wed, February 23, 2022, 9:37 PM·2 min read
Trump's Truth Social app censored an account that poked fun at the app's CEO, former congressman Devin Nunes
  • Trump's Truth Social app banned a user who tried to create an account called "@DevinNunesCow."

  • It was a nod to joke Twitter account "@DevinCow," which purports to be a cow owned by Devin Nunes.

  • Nunes is CEO of the app's developer Trump Media and Technology Group.

Two users of Donald Trump's new social media app Truth Social have reported being censored for wildly different reasons.

Truth Social released on iOS on Sunday evening, although its launch was beset with technical issues that made it difficult for some users to create accounts. Many of those who did manage to create an account were placed on a waiting list.

Web developer Matt Ortega tried to create an account called "@DevinNunesCow" — but tweeted that his account was banned by Truth Social due to "social community guidelines violations."

Ortega shared the email with Insider, which confirmed its authenticity.

The account name is a nod to a Twitter parody account called "@DevinCow," which purports to be run by a cow owned by former Republican Congressman Devin Nunes. Ortega does not operate the original Twitter @DevinCow account.

Nunes tried to file a defamation lawsuit against the owner of the @DevinCow account in March 2019. A judge dismissed Nunes' case in June 2020.

Nunes is now CEO of Trump Media and Technology Group, the company that developed Truth Social.

Ortega told Insider he ran into multiple server errors but once the account had been created, he was placed on a waitlist.

He said: "The next evening, I received the email notifying me of the ban. I was never able to login leaving me to believe the account was banned simply for the username mocking the media company's CEO with a well known meme."

It is not clear exactly which community guideline Ortega violated. He told Insider that he did get in touch with the app to ask why he was banned.


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