Trump threatens to shut down social media companies

So sounds like they have a undated executive order for the inevitability that Trump would go too far in his lies and would have some company pushed back on him. It is a order that attempts to change the ability of internet companies to be held liable for the stuff on their platforms.

Trump is completely untrustworthy and trolling companies and American citizens for not letting him lie completely to the public, and is using the office of the presidency to get them to let him continue.

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The wide-ranging order comes two days after Twitter took the rare step of labeling one of the president’s tweets and linking viewers to news articles that fact-checked his claims. The move infuriated Trump and his supporters, who quickly blasted Twitter and its peers in Silicon Valley for engaging in censorship and exhibiting political bias. The companies have long denied those charges.

The executive order has gone through multiple iterations in recent years, and it may still change, the people said. The order would task the Commerce Department with petitioning the Federal Communications Commission to open a proceeding on Section 230.

Twitter labels Trump’s tweets with a fact check for the first time

Even so, it would be up to the FCC and the FTC, two independent agencies operating outside the president’s Cabinet, to determine exact courses of action once Trump signs it.

The order will mark the White House’s most significant salvo against Silicon Valley after years of verbal broadsides and regulatory threats from Trump and his top deputies. It also may raise fresh, thorny questions about the First Amendment, the future of expression online and the extent to which the White House can properly — and legally — influence the decisions that private companies make about their apps, sites and services.

The White House declined to comment. A White House spokesperson told reporters earlier Wednesday that the president would sign an executive order “pertaining to social media” on Thursday but did not provide further details.

Trump later in the evening again charged that the tech industry sought to “censor” conservatives in the approach to the 2020 election.
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The FCC and the FTC did not immediately respond to requests for comment. Facebook did not have immediate comment. Twitter declined to comment, as did YouTube, which is part of Google-owner Alphabet.

Trump is one of social media’s most prolific, influential users. He’s armed with a Twitter account that reaches more than 80 million people and a campaign war chest that has made the president one of the most pervasive advertisers on Facebook and Google. But he is also one of the Web’s most controversial voices. He has previously shared and tweeted posts, photos and videos that appear to run afoul of major tech companies’ guidelines that prohibit or discourage harmful, abusive or false content.

For years, Twitter in particular largely allowed Trump to share his views unfettered anyway, saying that even his most controversial tweets were in the public interest. Fierce blowback eventually forced Twitter to reconsider its hands-off approach, culminating in the company’s first-ever attempt Tuesday to label the president’s tweets about mail-in ballots.

Trump responded by claiming that major social media companies are biased, threatening to “strongly regulate, or close them down” in response.

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Until this week, Trump had issued only threats to regulate or penalize Facebook, Google-owned YouTube and Twitter over a range of claims, even suggesting at one point that the industry tried to undermine his election. Previously, however, the White House has backed down, even shelving prior versions of its executive order targeting social media companies.

In July, the president convened a “social media summit” at the White House featuring GOP lawmakers and Republican strategists, an event seen at the time as a precursor for further action to come. The event drew sharp rebukes from digital experts and congressional Democrats, who said Trump had used the backdrop of the White House to condone some of his supporters’ most provocative, controversial online tactics.

Trump accuses social media companies of ‘terrible bias’ at White House summit decried by critics

That same month, the Justice Department opened a wide-ranging review of the tech industry, which since has blossomed into a full inquiry on Section 230. Repeatedly, Attorney General William P. Barr has raised the possibility that the U.S. government could seek changes to the rules. “No longer are tech companies the underdog upstarts,” Barr said in a speech this February, reflecting on the origin of the statute. “They have become titans.”

Republican lawmakers also say that Facebook, Google and Twitter should be held accountable for perceived political bias, a call echoed by White House officials.

Meanwhile, in the wake of the fact-check label applied to Trump’s tweet, Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey and Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg engaged in a public battle over censoring content late Wednesday.

Zuckerberg appeared on Fox News, saying that he didn’t believe digital platforms should act as the “arbiter of truth of everything that people say online.”

Later that night, Dorsey lashed back at Zuckerberg in a series of tweets, saying that Twitter would continue would to point out incorrect or disputed information about elections globally.

But, he added, “This does not make us an ‘arbiter of truth.’ ”
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facecult /twitter are a focused cesspool of lefty agenda..the ones on the board who fact check[from ccn "info?"] are all lefty activists[terrorists]



quote:
"Trump says lots of things that don't happen"

... he said he would win the pres election

.....how did that turn out....?

.....then he got more good stuff done than any modern Pres...
 
OLD MOTHER SATIVA said:
facecult /twitter are a focused cesspool of lefty agenda..the ones on the board who fact check[from ccn "info?"] are all lefty activists[terrorists]



quote:
"Trump says lots of things that don't happen"

... he said he would win the pres election

.....how did that turn out....?

.....then he got more good stuff done than any modern Pres...
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Walk on. Your fucking gaggle of goons and criminals are still at it.

 
OLD MOTHER SATIVA said:
facecult /twitter are a focused cesspool of lefty agenda..the ones on the board who fact check[from ccn "info?"] are all lefty activists[terrorists]



quote:
"Trump says lots of things that don't happen"

... he said he would win the pres election

.....how did that turn out....?

.....then he got more good stuff done than any modern Pres...
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You really should stop listening to people who lie to you. And Trump has proven over and over that he is very willing to lie to you, and demands that his 'administration' lies to you as well.

That is the problem with your cult logic of listening to what Trump has to say and thinking it is true. It is not, Trump is a conman.

And really it is very insulting how much you seem to want to believe his and all of the hate radio/Trump TV's lies about 'the left', but it is all bullshit aimed at trying to get you so worked up about 'the left' that you couldn't possibly vote for the Democrats. This trolling of the Democrats have been going on for a long time, and has just been amplified and with specific messaging by the Trump trolls (foreign and domestic) to get Dear Leader re-elected.
 
OLD MOTHER SATIVA said:
facecult /twitter are a focused cesspool of lefty agenda..the ones on the board who fact check[from ccn "info?"] are all lefty activists[terrorists]



quote:
"Trump says lots of things that don't happen"

... he said he would win the pres election

.....how did that turn out....?

.....then he got more good stuff done than any modern Pres...
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yeah criminal stuff.....vote republicans out
 
captainmorgan said:
The orange fool whines like a spoiled 6 year old girl, if he wasn't in the white house it would be funny.
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in my travels, a blogger called him the 'mango maggot' who says he harrasses trumpy* all the time, swears the IRS flagged his tax return and for some reason isn't getting a sstimulus..
 
Some interesting discussion about the issue of social media and their power which exceeds that of regulated broadcasters, if yer grand daddy figured this shit should be regulated and restructured, it might not be a bad idea for the FCC to regulate social media platforms over a certain size threshold. While they are at it they can step on Fox's neck for breaking existing law and regulation, switching AM radio to digital might not be a bad idea either, along with getting rid of bad actors who spew disinformation, bring back the fairness doctrine of equal time. Don't allow them to hire some inarticulate chicken shit to represent the left either, they don't get to pick the opposing view.
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POTUS vs. Twitter Showdown Could Mean 'Massive Legal Nightmare' | Hallie Jackson | MSNBC
 
CunningCanuk said:
Excellent! I’ll sign you up. We’re taking recruits.
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Napsolot is a responsible gun owner, target shooter since a kid. Its not the hunters in the woods that worry me, its the ones on the streets that concern me.

I'm ok with responsible regulated gun ownership, like a car with a license, registration and insurance, ya do it for cars and I've got to do it now too for flying drones.
 
DIY-HP-LED said:
Napsolot is a responsible gun owner, target shooter since a kid. Its not the hunters in the woods that worry me, its the ones on the streets that concern me.

I'm ok with responsible regulated gun ownership, like a car with a license, registration and insurance, ya do it for cars and I've got to do it now too for flying drones.
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Excellent. I hope his aim is true. :D

I’ve moved him to the top of the candidates on the list.
 
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