“Truth Social: will Trump’s ‘free speech haven’ overcome its rocky start?”

JM Grygiel, associate professor of communications in the Newhouse School, was quoted in The Guardian story “Truth Social: will Trump’s ‘free speech haven’ overcome its rocky start?” Grygiel, an expert on social media and emerging platforms, explained that the technical difficulties with Trump’s platform were somewhat expected given the motivation behind the app’s launch. “Since Trump wants to run for office again, the timeline of the app is driven by political objectives – not by readiness of the platform,” Grygiel said.