Thursday, May 28, 2020

Donald Trump To Sign Social Media Executive Order

 Donald Trump will today sign an executive order attacking Twitter and Facebook for the crime of Twitter placing a fact check link at the bottom of two tweets which incorrectly stated that mail-in only elections lead to massive voter fraud which clearly isn't true. Oregon which has been conducting vote by mail only elections for more than twenty years has never seen a case of voter emerging from its vote by mail elections.  Donald Trump clearly understands that his chances for reelection are slim so he's taken to twitter in an effort to undermine the integrity of Americas elections.  He believes this lead to his reelection. What's really about to happen is this. His attempt to circumvent the first amendment will only lead to lawsuits and embarrassment when in loses in court. Sadly his sycophantic supporters and the rightwing media in the U.S. will follow him over this cliff as they have fallen to far down the rabbit hole to change course now.

Donald Trump is preparing to sign an executive order that could erode legal protections for social media companies for content posted on their platforms.
The move would also allow federal regulators and state-level prosecutors to sanction companies that in the government’s judgment are not even-handed in their editorial practices.
The anticipated executive order, confirmed by the White House press secretary to reporters on Wednesday night, is the president’s latest blow in an escalating battle with big tech companies including Twitter and Facebook.

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