TRUMP to Sign executive order on social media, their attacks on free speech!

[occupied]

This oughta be good. His staff, lawyers, and DOJ will be up all night trying to figure out something he can do to stop Twitter from attaching a fact check to his tweets.

If twitter is going to fact check that is going to help Trump close them down....fact checking takes them out of the realm of being a forum to being a news agency....

How is Trump supposed to shut down Twitter? What legal authority or grounds would he use? He's got nothing. This ain't Russia.

 

[Missourian]

This oughta be good. His staff, lawyers, and DOJ will be up all night trying to figure out something he can do to stop Twitter from attaching a fact check to his tweets.

How do you fact check an opinion of the consequences of a future event?

Shouldn't Twitter have disclosed they are pro-mail in ballot AND partnered with pro-mail-in ballot organizations?

Sounds less like "fact-checking" and more like putting a thumb on the scales/election interference, doesn't it?

Don't expect the biased MSM to cover that.

 

[Crepitus]

Trump to sign an executive order aimed at social media companies | Blaze Media

'Twitter is completely stifling FREE SPEECH'

www.theblaze.com

ITS ABOUT Time! Time
For free speech online!

He can't. Social media isn't attacking free speech, but any executive order attempting to limit social media is definitely a first amendment violation.

 

[rightwinger]

It’s their site....they set the rules of behavior

Negative Ghostrider.



A platform doesn't get to chose what gets posted...a publisher does.

If they are a platform, they are indemnified...if they are a publisher, they aren't.

It's either fish our fowl...can't be both.

It is a private site with a right to make its own rules.

If Russian bots want to flood misinformation on Twitter, they have a right and obligation to notify readers

Wikipedia does it all the time to notify readers that content may be suspect

 

[Missourian]

This oughta be good. His staff, lawyers, and DOJ will be up all night trying to figure out something he can do to stop Twitter from attaching a fact check to his tweets.

If twitter is going to fact check that is going to help Trump close them down....fact checking takes them out of the realm of being a forum to being a news agency....

How is Trump supposed to shut down Twitter? What legal authority or grounds would he use? He's got nothing. This ain't Russia.

He is not...and is not interested in shutting them down. His is interested in removing the leftist bias and censorship.

 

[OldLady]

This oughta be good. His staff, lawyers, and DOJ will be up all night trying to figure out something he can do to stop Twitter from attaching a fact check to his tweets.

CNN and Washington Compost are not fact checkers and the referenced articles in the attached links were to opinion articles. Opinions aren't facts for fucks sake. And there's countless examples of mail in voter fraud. Trump stated an opinion and did not cite facts so twitter has no standing whatsoever. Damn, you go with any stupid shit you're told by the echo chamber.

Since when does a strong statement like that, made by the President of the United States, not have importance? If you had said to Trump when he tweeted it, "Well, that's your opinion," what do you think he would have said to you? There is absolutely no evidence to back up his claims. You can find a judge (a Republican) stuffing a ballot box for pay recently, but let's see some of those countless examples of mail in voter fraud. I don't mean conjecture, like "30,000 more people on the voting lists than live in the city" or "1 woman receives 83 mail in ballots." THAT'S NOT VOTING. That's logistical mistakes. But the signature on a mail in ballot is matched to their signature on file before it is considered, and yes, they actually mark that name off as VOTED and don't accept duplicates.
Do you think I can just take another person's ballot, merrily check off who I like and mail it in, along with my own. That's not how it works.

 

[Crepitus]

If Twitter wants to do that...then they should apply it equally towards both sides.......they don't.

Only one side lies so copiously.

Yours.

 

[BULLDOG]

This oughta be good. His staff, lawyers, and DOJ will be up all night trying to figure out something he can do to stop Twitter from attaching a fact check to his tweets.

If twitter is going to fact check that is going to help Trump close them down....fact checking takes them out of the realm of being a forum to being a news agency....

How is Trump supposed to shut down Twitter? What legal authority or grounds would he use? He's got nothing. This ain't Russia.

He is not...and is not interested in shutting them down. His is interested in removing the leftist bias and censorship.

He wants to continue lying without having those lies labeled as lies.

 

[Missourian]

It’s their site....they set the rules of behavior

Negative Ghostrider.



A platform doesn't get to chose what gets posted...a publisher does.

If they are a platform, they are indemnified...if they are a publisher, they aren't.

It's either fish our fowl...can't be both.

It is a private site with a right to make its own rules.

If Russian bots want to flood misinformation on Twitter, they have a right and obligation to notify readers

Wikipedia does it all the time to notify readers that content may be suspect

That's fine...and when they aren't indemnified as a platform...but instead as a publisher...they can fight it out in court.

That's fair...right?

 

[OldLady]

If you want control...you're a publishers. No more
indemnity protections...then sue every day.

Big Tech Trying to Have it Both Ways as Platform and Publisher

Google, Facebook and Twitter are private companies, so the constitutional

townhall.com

But the courts decided that, and they are the ones who need to reverse it. The President doesn't have the authority to tell a private company what to do. They have "standards" and if he doesn't like it, he doesn't have to use them. Right?

ANDROID is a platform...should Google get to chose what you use your phone for?

If Twitter wants the liability protection of being a platform...they don't get to control content. Simple as that.

I'm no lawyer, but I have a lot of questions about that position.

 

[rightwinger]

Trump is bullshitting again

His Executive Orders have no authority

Twitter has the authority to kick his ass off their site. They should use it

 

[HaShev]

 

[Crepitus]

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This oughta be good. His staff, lawyers, and DOJ will be up all night trying to figure out something he can do to stop Twitter from attaching a fact check to his tweets.

It has to be done.. we need fair elections. We need the conservative message out

You mean conservative lies.

 

[rightwinger]

It’s their site....they set the rules of behavior

Negative Ghostrider.



A platform doesn't get to chose what gets posted...a publisher does.

If they are a platform, they are indemnified...if they are a publisher, they aren't.

It's either fish our fowl...can't be both.

It is a private site with a right to make its own rules.

If Russian bots want to flood misinformation on Twitter, they have a right and obligation to notify readers

Wikipedia does it all the time to notify readers that content may be suspect

That's fine...and when they aren't indemnified...they can fight it out in court.

That's fair...right?

Take it to court

Ban Trump from Twitter until is is worked out

 

[OldLady]

This oughta be good. His staff, lawyers, and DOJ will be up all night trying to figure out something he can do to stop Twitter from attaching a fact check to his tweets.

How do you fact check an opinion of the consequences of a future event?

Shouldn't Twitter have disclosed they are pro-mail in ballot AND partnered with pro-mail-in ballot organizations?

Sounds less like "fact-checking" and more like putting a thumb on the scales/election interference, doesn't it?

Don't expect the biased MSM to cover that.

Oh, so you don't want a "thumb" on the scales/election interference? Then maybe the President should keep his fat mouth shut about Democratic fraud that doesn't happen.

 

[Missourian]

I'm no lawyer, but I have a lot of questions about that position

That's fair...but that was Tech Crunch...not a right wing opinion.

A platform is agnostic to content.

A publisher chooses.

 

[Carl in Michigan]

In Tard World, recognizing the free speech rights of ALL is stifling free speech. These people are evil

 

[occupied]

This oughta be good. His staff, lawyers, and DOJ will be up all night trying to figure out something he can do to stop Twitter from attaching a fact check to his tweets.

If twitter is going to fact check that is going to help Trump close them down....fact checking takes them out of the realm of being a forum to being a news agency....

How is Trump supposed to shut down Twitter? What legal authority or grounds would he use? He's got nothing. This ain't Russia.

He is not...and is not interested in shutting them down. His is interested in removing the leftist bias and censorship.

Still no legal authority to demand anything of them. I expect he will be banned from the site if he continues to directly attack moderation policy.

 

[Missourian]

Ban Trump from Twitter until is is worked out

The authoritarian censorship leftists have spoken. Do you want to burn some books while you're at it?

 

[Preacher]

I hope for the best that this is something that actually has teeth and will stand and also stop these bastards from censoring people on the right but with Trump I expect a lot of hot air and not much else.