âHours after the fact check was issued, President Trump responded on Twitter, calling out the social media platform for censorship. Trump accused Twitter of violating his free speech and interfering in the 2020 election â an act, he says, he wonât allow to happen.â
Fact checking Trumpâs lies and conspiracy theories isnât âcensorship,â Trump is completely wrong about that.
Trump is also wrong about his âfree speechâ being âviolated.â
The doctrine of free speech concerns solely the government seeking to preempt or limit speech, it applies only to government â a private entity such as Twitter cannot âviolateâ anyoneâs free speech, including Trumpâs.
Indeed, Trump, as part of the Federal government, threatening to not allow Twitter to fact check his ridiculous lies and conspiracy theories is itself a potential violation of Twitterâs right to free speech.
In a first, Twitter labels President Trumpâs tweets with fact-checks
âMailboxes will be robbed, ballots will be forged & even illegally printed out & fraudulently signed,â President Trump tweeted.
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Fact checking Trumpâs lies and conspiracy theories isnât âcensorship,â Trump is completely wrong about that.
Trump is also wrong about his âfree speechâ being âviolated.â
The doctrine of free speech concerns solely the government seeking to preempt or limit speech, it applies only to government â a private entity such as Twitter cannot âviolateâ anyoneâs free speech, including Trumpâs.
Indeed, Trump, as part of the Federal government, threatening to not allow Twitter to fact check his ridiculous lies and conspiracy theories is itself a potential violation of Twitterâs right to free speech.