President Trump over his executive order attempting to strip away a legal protection long enjoyed by social media platforms.executive order
"The Executive Order is designed to deter social media services from fighting misinformation, voter suppression, and the stoking of violence on their platforms," said Alexandra Givens, who leads the center.a warning on two of the president's tweets that made false claims about voting by mail.shut down social media companies. The president alone does not have the power to close a private company.
The safeguard, Section 230 of the 1996 Communications Decency Act, is widely credited with giving rise to the modern day Internet, where unfettered free speech thrives and views of all stripes are easily found.if Section 230 were scrapped, online sites would become more aggressive about combating any content that can be perceived as offensive, fearing defamation lawsuits, pushing Facebook and Twitter to censor more often.
Facebook, which has chosen to take a hands-off approach to Trump's posts that have sparked controversy, has seen
The tech companies are stripping 1A. Clueless NPR. If they are going to act like a publisher, they will get treated like one.
See, I understand censoring posts that insinuate violence, but I don’t really understand censoring anything else. This is America, we have freedom of speech and freedom of press, even if what’s posted is misleading, that’s what snopes is for.
Meanwhile news media like NOR lie about violence and riots, calling them “peaceful protests”.
Of course it does. You don’t need a law degree to figure that out.
From what I remember the First Amendment protects peaceful protesting... not looting 🤷🏼♀️
Nope! I would have to agree with P. Trump on this one. Big tech companies are manipulating us and controlling what info is available to us. Acting like Communist China. Smh!
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His problem is he thinks the USA is his business and he can make up the rules (laws) as he goes. It is OUR country. We The People! FuckTrump
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