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TruSo, a Black-owned social networking app set to launch | Afro

By Stacy M. Brown NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent A new app could end the so-called “Black Twitter” experience and allow African Americans their own social media platform. Backed by celebrities Sway Calloway, Kareem Grimes, Terrell Owens and Miki Barber, the Black-owned social networking app, TruSo, is poised to debut. “I believe in the power […]

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