The social media executive order could make it easier for companies like Twitter, Facebook and Google to be held liable for the content posted on their platforms.President Donald Trump on Thursday signed an executive order targeting Twitter and other social media giants, saying he is taking action to"defend free speech from one of the gravest dangers it has faced in American history," after Twitter called two of his tweets"potentially misleading.
"They have had unchecked power to censor, restrict, edit, shape, hide, alter any form of communication between private citizens or large public audiences," Trump claimed."We are fed up with it." President Donald Trump participates in a press conference at the Kennedy Space Center on May 27, 2020 in Cape Canaveral, Fla.Asked if he has considered deleting his own Twitter account, he said he would"in a heartbeat" if news wasn't fake and then touted his 186 million followers across all social media platforms.
The particular order -- titled"Preventing Online Censorship" -- has been in this works since 2019 and has seen multiple revisions along the way. The president's recent threats prompted the draft to be revived internally. Tune into ABC at 1 p.m. ET and ABC News Live at 4 p.m. ET every weekday for special coverage of the novel coronavirus with the full ABC News team, including the latest news, context and analysis.
President Donald Trump, with reading glasses, looks at his cellphone as he departs the White House for a campaign trip to Milwaukee, Jan. 14, 2020. The president first threatened the action on Wednesday after Twitter added a fact-checking feature to two of his tweets on mail-in balloting late Tuesday, calling the content"potentially misleading."
Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey sent out a series of tweets Wednesday night providing more details on how the platform will employ fact-check links and including a veiled response to Zuckerberg, saying,"This does not make us an 'arbiter of truth.'" Violations can result in tweet deletion, profile modifications and permanent suspension, according to the policy.
jonkarl Good on Twitter for standing up to this bully and the lies that come out of his mouth.
jonkarl Fact-check... they’re not unsubstantiated. Check yourself
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jonkarl Fellow Evangelicals, PLS understand 🙏🏻 why Trump is so bothered by twitter fact checking him that he IMMEDIATELY writes an executive order against them. Reason is checking his tweets prevents him from lying. Biblical speaking, who is the “father of lies”? RedButVotingBlue
jonkarl Too bad lying Thug doesn’t get fact checked real time. We wouldn’t be forced to listen to his dribble EVER since everything he says is bull 💩
jonkarl Exhibit A?
jonkarl Trump is doomed
GlennKesslerWP jonkarl realDonaldTrump 100,000 dead, this is Trump at his Be Best: Unprepared, Unable to act effectively, and spewing Conspiracy theories = Unfit to Serve Elections2020
jonkarl 'Pressed' 😆😆😆
jonkarl Smoke and mirrors. Trying to deflect the task at hand!! Seriously, there are more important things to worry about than his hurt feelings over Twitter!!!
jonkarl Hans Anatol von Spakovsky is a former member of the Federal Election Commission (FEC). He has extensive knowledge of how the election system works. In this video he explains the truth that Mail-In Ballots Are The Greatest Risk For Election Fraud:
jonkarl He used the TERM everyone? OMG how pathetic are you!!!!!EnemyOfThePeople FakeNewsMedia Fakenews jonkarlsucks Trump2020landslide
jonkarl Thank you Twitter!!
jonkarl Problems with “Multiple studies have shown no evidence”. ‘Shown no evidence’ doesn’t necessarily mean no evidence. And ‘Multiple studies’ is as about as vague as it comes.
jonkarl Jazz hands motherfucker.
jonkarl I said this over and over, anything that starts with “there is no evidence “ Only means that they didn’t find anything. That doesn’t mean anything.
jonkarl Can you show Jerry nadler saying the exact same?
jonkarl ABC is a joke
jonkarl Such losers! Even democrats are on video saying how mail in ballots are a bad idea, and how they can show proof of fraud.
jonkarl He could run some of his facts he believes to be true to trusted aides who could advise him on his truth. Would save more energy and time in the long run.
jonkarl Liar in Chief Trump VoteJoeBiden2020
jonkarl Call him out for every lie. Kudos to Jon Karl, but ALL the reporters need to stand up and call out this liar!!!
jonkarl REKT jonkarl &
jonkarl Fake News
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jonkarl But is he real? 🤣
jonkarl Damn whipper snappers always stealing my ballots and selling them to the Russians down the street.
jonkarl Mailed my ballot in! I am a Registered voter!
jonkarl There is a difference between mail in voting and absentee
jonkarl He mr. prez. Instead of your nonsensical venting, why don't you start packing your bags because moving day is coming quicker than you can say abracadabra. If you can say abracadabra.
jonkarl I can guarantee you 100% that no kids are raiding mail boxes to commit voter fraud. Adults barely care about voting you think kids give one damn about that.
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jonkarl Trump is ABSOLUTELY CORRECT.
jonkarl Keep the pressure on to call out lies and untruths. Keep up the great reporting work jonkarl
jonkarl I trust mail-in voting as much as I trust Nancy Pelosi. That’s not good
jonkarl So now you're using 'widespread' to pretend mail-in voting fraud doesn't happen? You know people have Google, right?
jonkarl Such BS. No one is running around collecting ballots. People are just trying to survive right now. He’s nuts.
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jonkarl He is off his meds today!! No real facts nothing, just fake information and nothing to back it up!! Americans are so tired of his BS!!
jonkarl Mail in voting is a ploy for desperate Democrats because how can seriously comprimised Biden possibly beat Trump any other way!
jonkarl “Pressed” LOL
jonkarl Yeah Right. Imagine if was trumps idea ?
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jonkarl South Carolina Ballots Found In Baltimore As Voter Fraud Concerns Grow
jonkarl An out-of-state vendor failed to mail hundreds of thousands of ballots to Baltimore voters
jonkarl When u r done with EpsteinCoverup you can investigate the story and learn of the daily reports of fraud with mail-in voters - why hide the truth?
jonkarl The man is nuts!!!!
jonkarl Gov. Rick Scott removes Democrat Broward elections supervisor Brenda Snipes from office for Voter Fraud
jonkarl OMG. CRAZY MAN!!! What A DISGRACE! WORST Do NOTHING PRESIDENT in AMERICAN HISTORY !!!
jonkarl Come on abc we are smarter than what you give us credit for. There is solid proof of voter fraud by the dems and you know it. Why not try telling the truth for once.
jonkarl So Twitter is the be all fact checker now? Well done!
jonkarl 'unsubstantiated accusations' = LIES. TrumpLies
jonkarl Complete diarrhea gibberish I need help. Sarah Cooper...your turn sarahcpr
jonkarl LOL that Twitter's fact checks were not correct. HILARIOUS. Twitter=FAKE FACTS ABC=FAKE NEWS
jonkarl You are a lair, there is plenty of evidence. The News can’t be trusted anymore. There is so much going on in the world and all you can do is tell a lie on the POTUS realDonaldTrump 🤬🤬
jonkarl Ladies and Gentlemen: Peoples Exhibit A For AbuseOfPower Charge... Makes BaselessClaims with NO Evidence then thinks he can Bully ppl to get what he wants.
jonkarl Twitter used CNN and Amazon’s Washington Post as the ‘fact’checkers!! 😂🤣😂
jonkarl Mail-in voting increases the likelihood of voter fraud because you have third parties carrying ballots and no way for the public to check if their votes are even counted. Same goes for electronic voting In person paper ballots put in a see through box is the only way
jonkarl The laughing stock of the world. His words. He is.
jonkarl The only thing he's worried about is that voting by mail removes an opportunity for the election to be hacked by his good buddy Putin and GOP operatives as they did in the last election.
jonkarl The man just makes it up as he goes along with NO proof - like what he says is all the proof that anyone should require. Six months till he is voted out of office - how much more damage can he do america?
jonkarl His stupidity runs deep
jonkarl TwitterBanTrump SIGN! and RETWEET
jonkarl How can u believe a narcissistic liar
jonkarl When will he be committed?
jonkarl Who are these ballot stealing kids?!? 🤣
jonkarl realDonaldTrump And this is the bs hypocrisy the American public is subjected to on a daily basis.
jonkarl Behold, champion of all snowflakes 👑
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jonkarl Even the dems know it. The media is the enemy of the people.
jonkarl THIS IS A SAD day for the USA. Stand up to tyranny. donttreadonme. I am going to write what I want realDonaldTrump try to stop me for criticizing you. jack aclu. Be happy to be lead plaintiff. TRUMPSTERS this applies to your criticism of the DNC too. Don't fall for it.
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jonkarl He’s just farting out everything he just said as zero of it is based in ANY sort of fact. 🙄
jonkarl we haven’t had widespread mail in voting in the past so we really don’t know if those studies accurately reflect the future There are enough examples of problems with mail in voting that we should address and not assume it won’t happen. Instead let’s just do the usual trump war
jonkarl Oh yes fact checked by CNN give me a break...
jonkarl Trump was warned about Coronavirus in January and February and yet he waited 70 days to take action. Twitter flags two of his 52,000 bullshit tweets and boom we have an executive order in less than 48 hours.
jonkarl Trump = Fake News
jonkarl Hey, ask George Stepanopolistkkk for his unbiased take on this.