Former President Trump’s social network app has been reopened by Google on the Play Store

After returning to the Google Play Store, Truth Social App company Digital World Acquisition Corp’s stock surged within hours.

Shares of Digital World Acquisition (DWAC) surged 7.3% within hours after the Truth Social app, which Trump announced as a social networking app to replace Twitter, returned to the Google Play Store for the first time. In the past, Google blocked the Truth Social app from the Play Store for violating the principles of content moderation.

When the app was shut down, the app violated its policy of limiting the content posted by users.

“Apps may interfere with Google Play’s compliance with our Developer Guidelines, which include effective moderation of user-generated content and the removal of posts with potentially violent intent,” a Google spokesperson said.

According to Google, Truth Social agrees to abide by content moderation policies, such as removing violent posts and banning users who post them. In January 2021, former President Trump’s account was closed on the grounds that Twitter could incite violence. At that time, hundreds of Trump supporters attacked the US Capitol building.

After his Twitter account was suspended, Trump jailed Truth Social. The Truth Social app is currently used by 44% of American Android smartphone users. Before this app was relaunched on the Play Store, Android phone users used the Truth Social app through their phone’s web browsers and sideloaded it from other websites.

Now Truth Social is back on the Google Play Store.

Last September, an app called Parler, similar to Truth Social, was re-opened from the Play Store. The Parler app is back on the Play Store after being adjusted to comply with Google’s policies. Google has allowed the Truth Social app back after DWAC, the company behind the Trump-founded Truth Social app, voted to delay its merger with the Trump Media organization.

DWAC, led by Chief Executive Officer Patrick Orlando, has yet to secure a vote from 65% of shareholders to extend the deadline for the merger. If the deadline for business integration cannot be extended, DWAC is also planning to split and sell its shares. There are financial and legal difficulties in this business integration.

DWAC’s private investors have provided $1 billion to Trump Media to complete the merger. However, at least 138 million of this money has been withdrawn. Trump, who is considering another run for the presidency in 2024, also faces a federal investigation into illegally taking sensitive national security information when he leaves the White House.