What is Truth Social, which PM Modi joined?
prime minister narendra modi has created an account on US President Donald Trump's social media platform Truth Social. With this, he has joined the select leaders of the world who are using this platform. In his first post on this platform, the prime minister has shared a picture of himself with Donald Trump. This picture is from 2019, when narendra modi visited America. This picture was taken in Houston. He initially followed trump as well as US Vice President JD Vance. Within a short time, the number of Modi's followers reached thousands. trump also shared a video of a recent podcast of prime minister Modi on this platform.
Truth Social was launched in 2022
After losing the presidential election to Joe Biden, trump was banned by many social media platforms including twitter and Facebook. After this, trump started Truth Social in february 2022. Its functionality is exactly like X (formerly Twitter). Users can post 'truth' and 'retruth' on this platform. Apart from this, they also have the option to send direct messages. Advertisements on this platform are called 'sponsored truth'.
trump has majority share of the company
This platform is owned by trump media and technology Group, of which donald trump owns 57 percent stake. Apart from him, ARC Global Investment and some other investors own the remaining stake in the company. However, a legal battle is still going on over this. Let us tell you that trump has about 92 lakh followers on this platform. In comparison, more than 10 crore people are following trump on X.
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