Gettr is an alt-tech social media platform and microblogging site targeting American conservatives.
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Gettr is an alt-tech social media platform and microblogging site targeting American conservatives.
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The Daily Beast reported that Gettr was a retooled version of Guo's Chinese internet app, Getome, created by Guo's Chainnov, which Miller confirmed.
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Some high-profile Gettr accounts, including those of Miller, U S Representative Majorie Taylor Greene, former secretary of state Mike Pompeo, and Bannon were compromised and had their account names changed to show the name of the alleged attacker and a message supporting Palestine.
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In January 2022, Gettr gained half a million new users with the joining of Joe Rogan, physician and immunologist Robert Malone, and the Twitter suspension of Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene.
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Conservative users who have used Gettr include Sean Hannity, Kevin McCarthy, Mike Pompeo, Ben Carson, and Elise Stefanik.
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Shortly after Gettr launched, the platform was inundated with pornography, including hentai.
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The study found sixteen examples of images on Gettr that were flagged by PhotoDNA, an image-identification technology used for detecting illegal content, as "child exploitation imagery".
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Gettr described the site's moderation system, which he said had already identified "left-of-center people" and "[caught] them and delete[d] some of that content".
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Also according to Miller, Gettr had over 100 moderators as of November 2021, and used artificial intelligence to monitor some content on the platform.
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In December 2021, Gettr permanently suspended a 23-year-old far-right commentator, white nationalist and former YouTube personality, Nick Fuentes.
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Miller claimed the figure, exceeding the total number of Gettr users, was meant to show Rogan's "true reach" via a combined Twitter-Gettr follower tally.
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Gizmodo noted that since Rogan's comments, Gettr appears to have changed "the way these follower counts are displayed" to provide clearer separation.
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Gettr has been described as a conservative social media platform.
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