The release date for former President Donald Trump’s social network has been delayed despite his fervent desire to position the platform as a rival to existing Big Tech platforms.
Trump Media and Technology Group CEO Devin Nunes announced on Thursday that TRUTH Social was still undergoing beta testing and would release by the end of March. That would place the app’s release a month after its initial announcement, which said it would debut Feb. 21 on its iOS app page.
The delay could be partly due to the company’s refusal to turn to existing tech companies for the infrastructure needed to build the website.
“It’s very difficult,” Nunes said during a Thursday appearance on Newsmax. “We cannot use any of the Big Tech companies. We’ve seen what has happened to other small startup companies. And when Amazon decides they…
