Exclusive: Company says it will put Trump back online

[Calista241]

Source: Axios

RightForge, an internet infrastructure company that courts conservatives, will host former President Trump's new social media platform, CEO Martín Avila told Axios on Monday.

Why it matters: By relying on a web hosting service that won't cut ties over controversial comments, Trump's new platform could avoid the problems conservative network Parler faced when Amazon pulled its web services following the Capitol insurrection.

Yes, but: Representatives affiliated with the Trump network declined to comment on whether RightForge is their provider, and Trump's business deals are notoriously messy and full of reversals.

...

Avila said RightForge spent 2021 building a global network in response to the de-platforming of Trump and Parler, and the Trump team approached the company over the summer.

"If you believe that the president should be de-platformed, we believe that you're not really interested in living in a free country," Avila told Axios. "And that's really what we're all about is making sure that America stays true to its core ideas, and that the marketplace of ideas stays open."

Read more: https://www.axios.com/trump-social-network-host-rightforge-c5c83181-db9f-4936-854b-1bf8942dfe17.html

---

This is the best thing that could happen to us IMO. Trump is his own worst enemy, and the more he's out there, the more people will remember that they hate him.

[Eliot Rosewater]

1. He got SEVENTY FIVE MILLION AMERICANS to vote for racism and hate just a few months ago

[Jilly_in_VA]

2. I predict

that whatever platform he starts will be hacked almost immediately, since his other one was hacked before it even got a start.

[Grasswire2]

4. it was hacked with a picture of a pig pooping.

So there's that to consider!

[Grasswire2]

3. Trump's not "the president" Mr Avila.

Geezuz on a pogo stick.

[dchill]

8. Avila is not really interested in living in a free country.

HE gets to decide who is president.

[C_U_L8R]

5. Yet more Trump pump and dump

Hello SEC?

[RainCaster]

6. It takes a lot more than a hosting site

Those hacks can put all their toys together, but they still will not have enough to make a reliable on line presence.

[JohnSJ]

7. It will just be an internet platform for racists, bigotry, and sexist

[moose65]

9. Yep

And I can't see many liberals or sane people using it. Conservatives exist online for one and only one reason: to argue with and/or otherwise "own the libs." If there are no liberals around, they will inevitably turn on each other. That site will quickly devolve into a cesspool of hate, name-calling, and other vitriol.

Do y'all troll right wing sites to start fights? I can't think of anything I would hate more. Yet, the conservatives love to get into arguments and fights with the libtards.

[reACTIONary]

19. +10 nt

[FakeNoose]

11. Chump will use the platform to collect "donations" for his next campaign

Of course he can't call them donations, because he can't admit that he lost in 2020...

How does he start a new campaign when the old one is still (presumably) running?

However he IS going to grift nine ways from Sunday, and he needs a platform to do that. That's why Facebook and Twitter were so valuable to him, and now he's starting all over again. The question is whether the ChumpHumpers are stupid enough to keep giving him money.

[PortTack]

15. Exactly..very self limiting

[andym]

10. There is NO way that this is good news, and his new media company is NOT good news either

Trump is a propagandist-- he is also addicted to adulation. He needs social media to project power and satisfy his ego. Imagine the lies and gaslighting that will be emitted with no pushback. We live in an era of misinformation, and Trump is a potential aggravator of the situation.

[Justice matters.]

12. The FBI, NSA, USSS, will be happy to lurk on and take screenshots, lots of.

Since when living in a free country equates freedom to commit crimes online (conspiracies, threats of violence), Avila?

[Calista241]

13. They'd have to have a warrant to do that.

And Biden had to reassign a bunch of secret service agents as they were thought to be trump believers. How hard do you think they're going to look for those crimes.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/dec/31/joe-biden-secret-service-team-trump-loyalty

[Justice matters.]

14. They will invoke the infamous Patriot Act to watch (domestic) terrorists...

Authority for delaying notice of the execution of a warrant.

Not sure, but they "could" watch them since 1/6 was a domestic terrorism crime.

[Calista241]

16. We can all say it was a domestic terrorist incident

but us saying that doesn't make it so, especially in the eyes of the law. The fact that they're charging nearly everyone that assaulted the Capital with misdemeanors indicates they don't see it as a terrorist incident.

They'll likely treat it the same as they treat 4chan, twitter, facebook and other social media sights.

[reACTIONary]

20. Is that true? Can't undercover LEO engage with...

... potential criminals and gather evidence? I know that they sometimes pose a underage girls to trap child abusers. Do they need a warrant for that? (FYI, not from personal experience )

[OldBaldy1701E]

21. They may need one

But the thousands of private people who will get on that site undercover and record everything they can and then post it all online for everyone to see do not. Hehe.

[Angleae]

22. Maybe, maybe not.

It depends if the site requires UserID/PW just to visit or, like DU or Twitter, anyone can see the posts. If the latter, no warrant needed.

[DFW]

17. And, indeed, why not?

There may be dozens of people waiting to hear what he says. Maybe even a couple hundred!

[Calista241]

18. Trump got the second most votes in any Presidential election in US history.

The only person to get a higher vote total was Joe Biden. Trump got 12m MORE votes in 2020 than he did in 2016. Everything was against Trump in 2020, the pandemic couldn't have come at a worse time for his re-election. The economy dipped with the pandemic.

Despite the 85 million votes Joe got, we didn't get overwhelming majorities in the legislature, which is inhibiting Biden's agenda. In 2008, Barack Obama got 15m fewer votes than Joe Biden, and we had a filibuster proof majority of both houses.

Underestimate Trump and the Republican party at your own peril. If inflation is anywhere near 6%, which is where it is now, in 2022 and 2024, the prepare for a Democratic wipeout.

[Evolve Dammit]

23. Agreed.