Former British Prime Minister Liz Truss creates platform to fight media censorship
Former Prime Minister of the UK, Liz Truss (Photo: Getty Images)
Former UK Prime Minister Liz Truss plans to create a platform to support free speech in the country, according to The Guardian.
Truss explained the need to launch her own social media platform to promote freedom of expression. She expressed concern that the state and mainstream media in the country are restricting freedom of speech.
Truss announced that the platform would be launched in the summer, adding that this is her final attempt to establish a leadership role among the radical right wing of Britain. She openly supports Donald Trump and Elon Musk in their efforts to reduce government spending in the US.
Truss shared this news at a cryptocurrency conference in Bedford last weekend. She emphasized that when she became Prime Minister, the elite opposed her efforts for radical change, which ultimately cut her off at the knees.
"That has made me think that it’s not enough just to get into number 10. What I’m now thinking is we need a media network to be able to communicate to people, to be able to have a grassroots movement that is actually really demanding change of our leaders," Truss stated.
The former head of government also expressed concern about how mainstream media suppresses or promotes certain issues. According to her, this is what we once saw in the Soviet Union, and now it's happening to us, and it's absolutely shocking that this is happening in modern Britain.
"I do think this needs to be actively fought and what I am doing is establishing a new free speech network, which will be uncensored and uncancellable, to actually talk about the issues people don’t want to talk about," Truss said.
Her attempt to create her own social media platform follows the example of Donald Trump's Truth Social, managed by Trump Media and Technology Group (TMTG). Investments in this group have become a way for individual investors to express their support for the US president. However, in 2024, TMTG reported a loss of $400.9 million (£303.5 million).
The Guardian reminded us that the history of attempts by British politicians to create their social networks is mixed. For example, former Health Secretary Matt Hancock shut down his Matt Hancock app in 2023 after five years of operation, during which he tried to promote healthy, open, and unbiased discussions.
It should be noted that OpenAI's laboratory has started developing its own X-like social media platform, which could rival other popular social networks.
