Trump’s free speech social site will censor posts with artificial intelligence

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Truth Social is due to launch on 22 February, with promises of being a platform for “free speech” that will “stand up to the tyranny of Big Tech” – according to Mr Trump himself. Technology developed by San Francisco company Hive is going to be utilised by Truth Social, ostensibly to locate and remove “sexually-explicit content, and posts that include violence, hate speech, bulling and spam,” CEO Kevin Guo told Fox Business. Truth Social released a prompitional video back in October last year Truth Social is one of several conservative ‘Twitter alternatives’ that has been set up over the past year or so, with all of them seemingly aiming to be the free speech refuge of choice for those who are banned from mainstream networks. The site describes itself as “America’s ‘Big Tent’ social media platform that encourages an open, free, and honest global conversation without discriminating against political ideology.” Time will tell whether that message resonates with Mr Trump’s loyal supporters.