<s>
Gettr	B-Application
(	O
stylized	O
GETTR	B-Application
)	O
is	O
an	O
alt-tech	O
social	O
media	O
platform	O
and	O
microblogging	B-Application
site	O
targeting	O
American	O
conservatives	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Its	O
user	B-Application
interface	I-Application
and	O
feature	O
set	O
have	O
been	O
described	O
as	O
very	O
similar	O
to	O
those	O
of	O
Twitter	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Journalists	O
have	O
observed	O
the	O
prevalence	O
of	O
extreme	O
content	O
on	O
the	O
platform	O
,	O
including	O
racism	O
,	O
antisemitism	O
,	O
and	O
terrorist	B-Device
propaganda	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
By	O
November	O
2021	O
,	O
Gettr	B-Application
said	O
it	O
had	O
almost	O
3million	O
total	O
users	O
and	O
almost	O
400,000	O
daily	O
average	O
users	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
According	O
to	O
market	O
intelligence	O
company	O
Sensor	O
Tower	O
,	O
as	O
of	O
February	O
2022	O
there	O
have	O
been	O
6.5	O
million	O
global	O
downloads	O
of	O
the	O
Gettr	B-Application
app	O
from	O
the	O
Apple	B-Application
App	I-Application
Store	I-Application
and	O
Google	B-Application
Play	I-Application
Store	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
the	O
United	O
States	O
Capitol	O
attack	O
of	O
January	O
6	O
,	O
2021	O
,	O
several	O
social	O
media	O
sites	O
banned	O
Donald	O
Trump	O
from	O
their	O
platforms	O
,	O
including	O
Twitter	B-Application
,	O
Facebook	B-Application
,	O
and	O
Instagram	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
These	O
actions	O
led	O
to	O
an	O
outcry	O
from	O
some	O
American	O
conservatives	O
that	O
social	O
media	O
sites	O
and	O
Big	O
Tech	O
were	O
deplatforming	B-Application
or	O
shadow	O
banning	O
them	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
the	O
bans	O
,	O
Trump	O
began	O
to	O
look	O
for	O
alternative	O
outlets	O
,	O
eventually	O
creating	O
his	O
own	O
blog	O
to	O
share	O
similar	O
content	O
to	O
what	O
he	O
had	O
previously	O
posted	O
on	O
Twitter	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
beta	O
version	O
of	O
Gettr	B-Application
launched	O
on	O
July	O
1	O
,	O
2021	O
,	O
after	O
being	O
added	O
to	O
the	O
Apple	B-Application
App	I-Application
Store	I-Application
and	O
the	O
Google	B-Application
Play	I-Application
Store	I-Application
in	O
mid-June	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Gettr	B-Application
officially	O
launched	O
on	O
July	O
4	O
,	O
2021	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Gettr	B-Application
is	O
a	O
privately	O
held	O
company	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Daily	O
Beast	O
reported	O
that	O
Gettr	B-Application
was	O
a	O
retooled	O
version	O
of	O
Guo	O
's	O
Chinese	O
internet	O
app	O
,	O
Getome	O
,	O
created	O
by	O
Guo	O
's	O
Chainnov	O
,	O
which	O
Miller	O
confirmed	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Getome	O
accounts	O
were	O
wiped	O
before	O
relaunching	O
as	O
Gettr	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Miller	O
has	O
said	O
that	O
Guo	O
did	O
not	O
invest	O
money	O
directly	O
and	O
has	O
no	O
official	O
authority	O
within	O
Gettr	B-Application
,	O
but	O
his	O
connection	O
and	O
influence	O
were	O
exposed	O
in	O
March	O
2023	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
the	O
day	O
of	O
its	O
beta	O
launch	O
,	O
Gettr	B-Application
had	O
several	O
thousand	O
users	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
According	O
to	O
estimates	O
from	O
Sensor	O
Tower	O
,	O
Gettr	B-Application
received	O
1.3million	O
downloads	O
globally	O
between	O
June	O
and	O
July	O
2021	O
,	O
with	O
the	O
United	O
States	O
and	O
Brazil	O
having	O
the	O
most	O
downloads	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Some	O
high-profile	O
Gettr	B-Application
accounts	O
,	O
including	O
those	O
of	O
Miller	O
,	O
U.S.	O
Representative	O
Marjorie	O
Taylor	O
Greene	O
,	O
former	O
secretary	O
of	O
state	O
Mike	O
Pompeo	O
,	O
and	O
Bannon	O
were	O
compromised	O
and	O
had	O
their	O
account	O
names	O
changed	O
to	O
show	O
the	O
name	O
of	O
the	O
alleged	O
attacker	O
and	O
a	O
message	O
supporting	O
Palestine	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
few	O
days	O
later	O
,	O
a	O
hacker	O
was	O
able	O
to	O
scrape	O
almost	O
90,000	O
email	O
addresses	O
through	O
their	O
application	B-Application
programming	I-Application
interface	I-Application
(	O
API	B-Application
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
of	O
November	O
2021	O
,	O
Gettr	B-Application
had	O
almost	O
3	O
million	O
total	O
users	O
and	O
almost	O
400,000	O
daily	O
average	O
users	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
December	O
28	O
,	O
2021	O
,	O
Gettr	B-Application
laid	O
off	O
its	O
entire	O
security	O
and	O
information	B-General_Concept
technology	I-General_Concept
teams	O
,	O
which	O
included	O
13	O
staff	O
members	O
,	O
Gettr	B-Application
's	O
chief	O
information	O
officer	O
(	O
CIO	O
)	O
,	O
and	O
Gettr	B-Application
's	O
chief	O
information	O
security	O
officer	O
(	O
CISO	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Three	O
former	O
Gettr	B-Application
employees	O
blamed	O
Guo	O
Wengui	O
for	O
the	O
layoffs	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
January	O
2022	O
,	O
Gettr	B-Application
gained	O
half	O
a	O
million	O
new	O
users	O
with	O
the	O
joining	O
of	O
Joe	O
Rogan	O
,	O
physician	O
and	O
immunologist	O
Robert	O
Malone	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
Twitter	B-Application
suspension	O
of	O
Congresswoman	O
Marjorie	O
Taylor	O
Greene	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
January	O
3	O
,	O
2022	O
,	O
Gettr	B-Application
gained	O
341,000	O
new	O
users	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Rogan	O
announced	O
his	O
Gettr	B-Application
registration	O
on	O
Twitter	B-Application
,	O
and	O
told	O
his	O
7.8	O
million	O
followers	O
to	O
join	O
him	O
on	O
the	O
new	O
platform	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
By	O
January	O
4	O
,	O
Gettr	B-Application
had	O
more	O
than	O
540,000	O
new	O
users	O
since	O
Rogan	O
's	O
registration	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Politico	O
reported	O
in	O
July	O
2021	O
that	O
Gettr	B-Application
users	O
can	O
import	O
their	O
list	O
of	O
followers	O
from	O
their	O
Twitter	B-Application
account	I-Application
to	O
be	O
displayed	O
as	O
their	O
Gettr	B-Application
followers	O
,	O
which	O
also	O
creates	O
Gettr	B-Application
accounts	O
for	O
those	O
followers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Content	O
on	O
Gettr	B-Application
is	O
mostly	O
right-wing	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Journalists	O
reported	O
extreme	O
content	O
on	O
the	O
platform	O
was	O
prevalent	O
,	O
including	O
racism	O
,	O
antisemitism	O
,	O
and	O
terrorist	B-Device
propaganda	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Conservative	O
users	O
who	O
have	O
used	O
Gettr	B-Application
include	O
Sean	O
Hannity	O
,	O
Kevin	O
McCarthy	O
,	O
Mike	O
Pompeo	O
,	O
Ben	O
Carson	O
,	O
and	O
Elise	O
Stefanik	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Trending	O
topics	O
on	O
the	O
platform	O
on	O
the	O
day	O
of	O
Gettr	B-Application
's	O
beta	O
launch	O
included	O
pro-Trump	O
slogans	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
hashtags	O
including	O
racist	O
and	O
antisemitic	O
slurs	O
and	O
those	O
referring	O
to	O
unevidenced	O
theories	O
about	O
the	O
origins	O
of	O
COVID-19	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Shortly	O
after	O
Gettr	B-Application
launched	O
,	O
the	O
platform	O
was	O
inundated	O
with	O
pornography	O
,	O
including	O
hentai	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
content	O
was	O
similar	O
to	O
what	O
has	O
appeared	O
on	O
mainstream	O
platforms	O
like	O
Facebook	B-Application
and	O
Twitter	B-Application
,	O
according	O
to	O
a	O
director	O
of	O
Tech	O
Against	O
Terrorism	O
,	O
but	O
unlike	O
Gettr	B-Application
the	O
other	O
sites	O
have	O
automatic	O
filtering	O
and	O
removal	O
systems	O
in	O
place	O
,	O
and	O
partner	O
through	O
the	O
nonprofit	O
Global	O
Internet	O
Forum	O
to	O
Counter	O
Terrorism	O
to	O
remove	O
extremist	O
material	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Also	O
in	O
August	O
,	O
a	O
study	O
published	O
by	O
the	O
Stanford	O
Internet	O
Observatory	O
found	O
that	O
Gettr	B-Application
has	O
"	O
very	O
few	O
—	O
if	O
any	O
—	O
mechanisms	O
for	O
detecting	O
spam	O
,	O
violent	O
content	O
,	O
pornography	O
,	O
and	O
child	O
exploitation	O
imagery	O
"	O
and	O
that	O
"	O
Gettr	B-Application
appears	O
to	O
rely	O
entirely	O
on	O
community	O
reporting	O
mechanisms	O
to	O
find	O
sensitive	O
content	O
and	O
illegal	O
child-related	O
imagery	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
study	O
found	O
sixteen	O
examples	O
of	O
images	O
on	O
Gettr	B-Application
that	O
were	O
flagged	O
by	O
PhotoDNA	O
,	O
an	O
image-identification	O
technology	O
used	O
for	O
detecting	O
illegal	O
content	O
,	O
as	O
"	O
child	O
exploitation	O
imagery	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Responding	O
to	O
Vice	O
News	O
,	O
Miller	O
labeled	O
the	O
Stanford	O
report	O
"	O
completely	O
wrong	O
"	O
,	O
and	O
claimed	O
that	O
Gettr	B-Application
had	O
"	O
a	O
robust	O
and	O
proactive	O
,	O
dual-layered	O
moderation	O
policy	O
using	O
both	O
artificial	B-Application
intelligence	I-Application
and	O
human	O
review	O
,	O
ensuring	O
that	O
our	O
platform	O
remains	O
safe	O
for	O
all	O
users	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
an	O
interview	O
with	O
The	O
New	O
York	O
Times	O
at	O
this	O
time	O
,	O
technology	O
columnist	O
Kara	O
Swisher	O
,	O
Miller	O
said	O
that	O
Gettr	B-Application
had	O
applied	O
to	O
work	O
with	O
PhotoDNA	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
He	O
argued	O
that	O
Gettr	B-Application
uses	O
"	O
pretty	O
tight	O
filters	O
when	O
it	O
comes	O
to	O
images	O
"	O
and	O
that	O
"	O
any	O
image	O
that	O
gets	O
posted	O
and	O
has	O
a	O
child	O
gets	O
reviewed	O
by	O
a	O
human.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
According	O
to	O
the	O
Associated	O
Press	O
,	O
Gettr	B-Application
"	O
bans	O
racial	O
and	O
religious	O
epithets	O
and	O
violent	O
threats.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
Gettr	B-Application
's	O
terms	O
of	O
service	O
say	O
that	O
the	O
platform	O
may	O
remove	O
content	O
that	O
is	O
"	O
offensive	O
,	O
obscene	O
,	O
lewd	O
,	O
lascivious	O
,	O
filthy	O
,	O
pornographic	O
,	O
violent	O
,	O
harassing	O
,	O
threatening	O
,	O
abusive	O
,	O
illegal	O
,	O
or	O
otherwise	O
objectionable	O
or	O
inappropriate	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
According	O
to	O
Miller	O
in	O
September	O
2021	O
,	O
Brazil	O
was	O
Gettr	B-Application
's	O
second-largest	O
market	O
after	O
the	O
United	O
States	O
,	O
and	O
said	O
Gettr	B-Application
was	O
being	O
used	O
appreciatively	O
by	O
supporters	O
of	O
Brazilian	O
President	O
Jair	O
Bolsonaro	O
,	O
who	O
himself	O
created	O
an	O
account	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
November	O
2021	O
,	O
Gettr	B-Application
gained	O
nearly	O
500,000	O
users	O
in	O
Brazil	O
,	O
or	O
15	O
percent	O
of	O
its	O
user	O
base	O
,	O
its	O
second-largest	O
market	O
after	O
the	O
United	O
States	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Also	O
according	O
to	O
Miller	O
,	O
Gettr	B-Application
had	O
over	O
100	O
moderators	O
as	O
of	O
November	O
2021	O
,	O
and	O
used	O
artificial	B-Application
intelligence	I-Application
to	O
monitor	O
some	O
content	O
on	O
the	O
platform	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
December	O
2021	O
,	O
Gettr	B-Application
permanently	O
suspended	O
a	O
23-year-old	O
far-right	O
commentator	O
,	O
white	O
nationalist	O
and	O
former	O
YouTube	O
personality	O
,	O
Nick	O
Fuentes	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
site	O
received	O
backlash	O
from	O
Fuentes	O
 '	O
fanbase	O
,	O
known	O
as	O
Groypers	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
Arizona	O
State	O
Senator	O
Wendy	O
Rogers	O
,	O
who	O
wrote	O
,	O
"	O
What	O
is	O
the	O
point	O
of	O
a	O
free-speech	O
alternative	O
to	O
Twitter	B-Application
...	O
that	O
does	O
n't	O
even	O
honor	O
free	O
speech	O
?	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
Gettr	B-Application
subsequently	O
banned	O
all	O
use	O
of	O
the	O
word	O
"	O
groyper	O
"	O
on	O
the	O
platform	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
Gettr	B-Application
spokesperson	O
said	O
"	O
The	O
user	O
in	O
question	O
violated	O
Gettr	B-Application
's	O
clearly	O
defined	O
terms	O
of	O
use	O
and	O
has	O
been	O
suspended	O
from	O
the	O
platform.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
Fuentes	O
has	O
also	O
lost	O
access	O
from	O
almost	O
every	O
major	O
platform	O
including	O
Facebook	B-Application
,	O
Instagram	B-Application
,	O
Apple	O
’s	O
podcast	O
app	O
,	O
TikTok	B-Application
,	O
Discord	B-Application
,	O
Clubhouse	B-Application
,	O
Spotify	B-Application
,	O
and	O
DLive	O
,	O
along	O
with	O
business	O
and	O
consumer	O
services	O
like	O
PayPal	O
,	O
Venmo	O
,	O
Patreon	O
,	O
Airbnb	O
,	O
Shopify	O
,	O
Amazon	B-Application
Web	I-Application
Services	I-Application
,	O
Stripe	B-Application
,	O
Streamlabs	B-Language
and	O
Coinbase	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Shortly	O
after	O
joining	O
Gettr	B-Application
,	O
Joe	O
Rogan	O
expressed	O
confusion	O
on	O
The	O
Tim	O
Dillon	O
Show	O
regarding	O
his	O
supposed	O
9	O
million	O
follower	O
tally	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Miller	O
claimed	O
the	O
figure	O
,	O
exceeding	O
the	O
total	O
number	O
of	O
Gettr	B-Application
users	O
,	O
was	O
meant	O
to	O
show	O
Rogan	O
's	O
"	O
true	O
reach	O
"	O
via	O
a	O
combined	O
Twitter-Gettr	O
follower	O
tally	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Gizmodo	O
noted	O
that	O
since	O
Rogan	O
's	O
comments	O
,	O
Gettr	B-Application
appears	O
to	O
have	O
changed	O
"	O
the	O
way	O
these	O
follower	O
counts	O
are	O
displayed	O
"	O
to	O
provide	O
clearer	O
separation	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Gettr	B-Application
has	O
been	O
described	O
as	O
a	O
conservative	O
social	O
media	O
platform	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Gettr	B-Application
described	O
itself	O
at	O
launch	O
as	O
a	O
"	O
social	O
network	O
"	O
,	O
and	O
bills	O
itself	O
as	O
an	O
alternative	O
to	O
mainstream	O
social	O
networks	O
,	O
writing	O
in	O
a	O
mission	O
statement	O
that	O
its	O
aims	O
include	O
"	O
fighting	O
cancel	O
culture	O
,	O
promoting	O
common	O
sense	O
,	O
defending	O
free	O
speech	O
,	O
challenging	O
social	O
media	O
monopolies	O
,	O
and	O
creating	O
a	O
true	O
marketplace	O
of	O
ideas	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Gettr	B-Application
's	O
user	B-Application
interface	I-Application
and	O
feature	O
set	O
have	O
been	O
described	O
as	O
very	O
similar	O
to	O
those	O
of	O
Twitter	B-Application
,	O
with	O
some	O
journalists	O
describing	O
it	O
as	O
a	O
"	O
clone	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Some	O
users	O
can	O
import	O
their	O
content	O
from	O
Twitter	B-Application
and	O
mirror	O
their	O
Twitter	B-Application
feeds	O
on	O
Gettr	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
app	O
is	O
rated	O
"	O
M	O
"	O
for	O
"	O
mature	O
"	O
in	O
app	B-Application
stores	I-Application
,	O
meaning	O
it	O
is	O
recommended	O
for	O
those	O
17	O
years	O
of	O
age	O
and	O
older	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Technology	O
journalist	O
Kara	O
Swisher	O
described	O
Gettr	B-Application
in	O
an	O
episode	O
of	O
the	O
podcast	O
Pivot	O
as	O
easy	O
to	O
use	O
and	O
as	O
"	O
a	O
cleaner	O
Twitter	B-Application
"	O
,	O
but	O
said	O
"	O
it	O
suffers	O
from	O
a	O
lot	O
of	O
misinformation	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
