Truth Social (also spelt TRUTH Social) is a social media platform created by Trump Media & Technology Group, an American media and technology company founded in October 2021 by former United States President Donald Trump. Mastodon, a free and open-source distributed social network, is the foundation of the Truth Social platform.
Following his ban from Facebook and Twitter in 2021 as a result of the 2021 United States Capitol attack, former US President Donald Trump raised the prospect of creating a new social media platform. Trump launched “From the Desk of Donald J. Trump,” a web page where he posted short tweet-like announcements, in May 2021; it was closed down after less than a month, and according to Trump’s senior aide Jason Miller, it would not be coming back. A few months later, Donald Trump announced Truth Social, which was launched recently on February 21, this year.
Since the launch of the Truth Social app on February 21, it has attracted an overwhelming number of users, to the extent that a huge waiting list was created, consisting of people waiting just to get registered on the social media site. Many of whom had the fortune of getting on board, faced difficulties with running the app smoothly. In this article, we present to you a method to fix one of such issues.
Fix Error 1020 on Truth Social
Have you been denied access to the Truth Social website? Is the webpage displaying ‘Error 1020, Access Denied’? Don’t worry, we got you covered!
Error 1020 shows up while visiting the Truth Social website when you try to access it from a region that is outside the borders of the US. Truth Social can only be accessed from a region within the borders of the US. So if you are trying to access the Truth Social website from Outside the US, you can do so easily with the help of a VPN service that will disguise your IP address, and help you establish an uninterrupted connection from outside the US. Some great VPN choices are NORDVPN, EXPRESSVPN and PUREVPN.
How to set up VPN on your device to access Truth Social from outside the US
- Step 1: Install any VPN of your choice from the app store on your device.
- Step 2: Under the region menu, select the United States of America.
- Step 3: Click on ‘çonnect’.
- Step 4: You are all set now! The network is now being recognised as one in the US. That’s all we need as of now.
- Step 5: Create an account on the app and select a username of your choice and enjoy using the Truth Social app.
Latest Truth Social news
According to latest reports, the Truth Social app has already started to boost the former president’s net worth, adding millions only two months since its launch. According to our calculations, Truth Social has increased the former president’s net worth by $430 million, bringing his fortune from $2.4 billion a year ago to $3 billion today.
Truth Social is also taking further strides to expand its user base, and a web browser version of the app is in the works which is expected to be fully functional and accessible by the end of May. The news about the former President’s social media site was announced by Truth Social CEO, David Nunes. According to Nunes’ post on the platform, Truth Social has not yet been approved for release in the Google Play Store for Android devices.
“End of May we will launch PWA (Web Browser) this will allow access from any device,” Nunes wrote. “After that, we will launch an Android App… pending approval from Google!”
