President Trump on Thursday signed an executive order aimed at limiting the federal legal protections that shield social media companies from liability.President Trump on Thursday signed an executive order aimed at limiting the federal legal protections that shield social media companies from liability.
The Trump administration hopes the order will eventually set the stage for new regulations on tech platforms like Twitter and Facebook.But legal experts were doubtful the move would have any practical effect on the tech giants. Legal observers described the action as"political theater," arguing that the order does not change existing federal law and will have no bearing on federal courts.
Fuck NPR
HOW DARE YOU CHECK THE FACTS
BobbyAllyn Article is misleading. The exec order is written to prevent censorship on these platforms. If they don't comply, the protections awarded by section 230 would be stripped. Article implies that the exec order is meant to make media platforms 'police' their users. Wrong.
If twitter is going to. Econ’s hall monitor do it across the board. Check Maxine waters-she spreads lies and hate yet twitter does nothing. Let’s face it this is all about the election
His slip is showing.
He’s protecting our freedom of speech.
Experts? Who you? If I could pull my tax dollars from npr, I would immediately.
Do people still take this lame duck seriously?
So much turmoil in Minneapolis and this man is worried about his twitter feed? 🤦🏻♂️
Trump has stayed his illegal gained position for too long. Oust Trump and save USA.
Just suspend his account. This is a private company, not public utility.
lmao he is a 2 year old with a mental disorder 25th time get him out
Who are these experts?
Who’s fact checking the fact checkers?
Why does PresidentTweety still have an account on Twitter? He is a big baby that needs to be taught a lesson. Take away his favorite toy. SuspendTrumpsTwitter
He is the master of political theater, unfortunately not of leading though.
Well we can’t have fact checking or we will never hear from the Donald again lol
Who gives a hoot? Let realDonaldTrump swim in his garbage media all he wants to. He is the only one who really believes it. GarbagePresident
Because that is what dictators do.
This depiction was on my post today do you think it’s a hate crime do you think it should go to Facebook jail or do you like it Mr. President!
That’s what a dictator does
This is why people get put in Facebook jail for stirring up a crimes. And angering the majority of the United States of America this was on my Facebook account today. Free speech or hate This is why people get put in Facebook jail for stirring up a crimes.
SMH
The rest of us call it “Toddler temper tantrum.”
CNN is next. NPR you are really in to deep as well.
Big Distraction: “the Art of the Deal”
Political theatre presented by America's Court Jester. realDonaldTrump What's that? You say he's the President? Now that's funny. And sad.
Those experts are very diplomatic. I call it 😤
BobbyAllyn Free speech? Is that what the reporter’s have on the White House lawn. Tell me Mr. president... do you not call them names and embarrass them for doing their job. You are such a hypocrite!
Exucutive Order My Ass.
If Soc Med platforms can be sued for what is put on it, look for many more fact-checking notes to be added. Trump sure that's what he wants?
He’s such a freaking baby. But wait, that’s insulting to babies.
He is desperate to be re-elected and he will do all that he can. The current Rep. Party has its head in the sand. Please read” It was all lies” by Stevenson. As for me, I am looking forward to a day that RP awakens and stands for values. For now, I am voting Dem out of necessity
Donald, you should limit the amount of misinformation that you spread every day. As a matter of fact, it would be great if you stop talking and writing al all.
This EO is DOA, it would be challenges all the way to the SC where it will die.
It's all just a distraction from his complete & utter dereliction of duty as POTUS! It's the same playbook he's used for 3+ years & it works everytime! The media loses focus on what really matters to report on his latest episode of insanity & chaos!
What a freaking baby
He is a small, small little man.
This thread is full of dismissive and dehumanizing critiques. But censorship & shadow /outright banning of counterpoints to “progressive” narratives are very real and obviously slanted in one direction.
Thank goodness something is being done . Also NPR, Like them or not Trump gave his opinions, not facts. Then Twitter directed people to inaccurate information from CNN and WaPo. This was a huge blunder and you are on the wrong side of history here.
BobbyAllyn So what do you mean by “Both Democratic and Republican states....” ?
Is that a violation of the TOS? Can you ban the POTUS?
BobbyAllyn He's not trying to weaken them, he wants leverage over them. Read some Machiavelli, or just watch how he works. Will sue them, take it to the SCOTUS, get his way, they back off, DOJ drops the case.
If social media companies are platforms, then they don't censor. If they do, then they are publishers.
🤡
He has no authority to do so.
His 'executive order' is not worth the paper it was written on.
And not a peep from the republican cult!!
inskeep Meanwhile on planet earth... Coronavirus rages on, preventable deaths, not enough PPE, not accurate or accessible tests, massive unemployment, skyrocketing debt, looming service cuts, and inability to see our older loved ones. Why is media so easily distracted?
Trump is a sad little man. He’s the bully that keeps saying “stop hitting yourself, stop hitting yourself”!
Trump is so embarrassing
😡😡😡 He’s such a cry baby!
It’s not political theater, it’s incompetent fascism.
Trump thinks the right to tweet is included in the constitution! 😂
No one fact checks executive orders
I am still amazed that carrots can speak. I mean, for a carrot, he articulates decently well. 🤣🤣🤣
“Experts” LOL
Why don’t you present all the facts? The biggest fact is this: social media has no right to censor anyone in this free nation!
he looks more like a dictator than a president, who is to represent ALL the people and not just the republicans.
Experts from where? NPR? Everyone here should read the order. NPR is not government in exile elected to interpret for you unless you allow it.
Hope Trump signed that on toilet paper.
I think its called a childish tantrum.
realDonaldTrump YOU HAVE MUCH BIGGER THINGS TO WORRY ABOUT YOU FREAKING CLOWN. 1) 100,000 dead from virus 2) murders of black people by white people 3) massive unemployment and inevitable economic depression...but this is the battle you choose?
If the courts and Pelosi backed Congress will not come up with new legislation, then I would like to see Twitter post fact checks on everyone that post information regarding political information that is a public figure with a blue check mark as a verified account.
Call trump on his BULLSHIT! As trumps preferred and main means of communication Twitter has the Upper hand. Twitter should ban trumps account and watch him IMPLODE!
Yup, let the courts decide. It will lose.
jack and twitter need to give him his suspend account time out. Trump violates twitters policies everyday, every minute. It's your platform and if he is on it and now twitter bears liability for what he publishes then you are screwed. Suspend realDonaldTrump, meltdown begin
Trump is a Juggernaut !!
Make the man buns at YouTube give me my acct back...President Trump lol lol Man bun traitors
You dithered on Coronavirus for months, but a fact check by Twitter gets immediate action?
They'll have to kick him off to avoid getting sued for allowing him to lie... Trump is so much dumber than I thought, and I already thought he was really dumb. Boy was I off by a lot.
Trump is a disgrace. He doesn't give a damn about our laws.
First step Twitter should do to protect itself is shut down realDonaldTrump
Trump can get off Twitter if he can’t handle fact checking.
The constitution says Congress makes laws and the president enforces them. Why is he allowed to make laws?
Wait...who’s supposed to be the snowflake?
BootTrumpOffTwitter!
He's right though. Even biting wants 230 revoked. You are going to censor? Well then do it it unilaterally. Start with flat earthers. and Yoel Roth yoyoel. The integrity manager, Have your read his tweets? I don't care whether or not you agree with him or not. It's censorship.
It is theater. That’s all he knows. SFB
carlivatiron The term politicaltheater is quite appropriate!
Trump’s “theater” ceases to entertain. We want a refund.
Thank you Twitter for your courage. Apparently, the other social media mogul isn’t as brave.
We honor the POTUS office and we think Trump is trying to do his best, but this compulsive tweeting has got to stop!
Says a lot about the current leadership.
realDonaldTrump is a petulant tender little snowflake who can't take it when anyone calls him out on his thousands of lies. Yet he's more than happy to align himself with racists and fascists to get his way.
I love calling opponents “experts”.... even you, NPR?
Two-year-old temper tantrum.
Distraction! You know we only have 100 k dead and white people killing people of color on video
Come on, let’s face it. Social media is a simple means of republishing biased media reporting without any regulation. Do away with social media and move on. It’s not needed. We had lived without it for years, before it became a thing anyways. They sensor so disproportionately.
Where all the Trump trolls protesting that their 1st amendment rights are being infringed upon. They're busy bitching that their 2nd Amendment rights are being violated. Did they know that the executive order the almighty idiot signed took away the right to voice their opinion.
such a baby man.
TrumpIsAnIdiot TrumpLiedPeopleDied TrumpIsALaughingStock
that’s how weaklings and losers operate. when they’re overmatched and ill-prepared, they change the rules to favor themselves. it’s the gop way and trump’s only hope.
Maybe a leader of the USA shouldnt actually be on twitter all day long
Hopefully he violates the Twitter user agreement and his account gets deactivated.
ChickenTrump scared of a tweet. Trump can give it but TrumpCantTakeIt
FactCheck
ReemK10 I’m confused. I thought he liked be untethered. Guess he doesn’t like being fact checked.
Legal experts said they were doubtful the move would have any practical effect on the tech giants. Legal observers described the action as 'political theater,' arguing that the order does not change existing federal law and will have no bearing on federal courts.
Ass
And, now people are ignoring tragic deaths of 100,000+ Americans to the pandemic. realDonaldTrump is a crass piece of dog-doo, and here we all are, responding to this rather than mourning our dead.
This is stupid.
Fact check~bullshit
Something he would be violently opposed to if it were a Democrat doing it....
holdengraber the nut brown deathmask.
what a great distraction from people dying from corona virus
Gee. I wish I could write a law every time my feelings are hurt
Bullshit theatrics
And actually proving (to ppl who don’t already see it) that he‘s constantly lying. It’s like walking into your own trap an being surprised...
Isn't this against the constitution? *googles 1st amendment*
Hitler
Soooooo, if I just heard this right on NPR - he wants to remove protections from them for idiots like himself posting lies? So, Twitter could remove him without impunity for all his lies and failure to follow the terms of service? Asking for a friend.
He just violated the 1st amendment
Kick him off!
No, 'experts' did not call the move 'political theater.' SOME so-called 'experts' (a.k.a. Trump haters, never Trumpers, etc.) called it that. And twitter didn't just 'fact check' his tweet...they got the fact checking wrong. They are now a publisher. Here comes the lawsuits.
The right wing love the constitution until they don’t agree with it😂 Talk about freedoms being infringed. Seems like state approved media is what they want🤦🏽♂️. This is what happens when a trust fund baby that has had everything handed to him is the president.
🇺🇸=💯% political theater or also known as 💯%🐮💩
Twitter should take this as encouragement to do even more fact checking and flat out removal of his posts that violate its terms of service
And we're the snowflakes?🤣
what a salty boi
Petty action from a small minded man
hes such a snowflake
Agreed. Smoke and mirrors to avoid talking about 100k dead, no plan to restart the economy, or his new shade of rouge.
Whine Whine Whine, Baby realDonaldTrump. The president is not immune from fact checks. Spend your time on real causes.
do his tweets ever cite real legal authority?
Good thing this is our tax dollars going to things our country needs right now
😂Unnamed 'legal experts say'.... Did you ask Michael Avenatti Who could forget Avenatti2020 🤣🤣
Our President is a spoiled brat
And with a wave of a hand...
'Experts'? At what? Being shills for the DNC and other communists?
That's literally not what he's doing
Time for Twitter to double-down.
Correct that bullshit headline
Imagine if he cared this much about saving lives.
Crazy. That all!
So, Trump just made it possible for people to sue Twitter into oblivion. Has he thought that through?
It's not enforceable because twitter is a private company.
This is what you get when you're dealing with this inept leadership. The failed attempt to control the virus when so many other countries are doing it puts the onus squarely on him. He rejects science, stirs conflict, and gets mad when platforms highlight his own fake news!
He can wipe his ass with it. It’s worthless. And, it will backfire.
Trump: Well, can we just unplug it' Lawyers: 'Sir, what?' Trump: 'You know, just pull the plug; unplug the Twitter box. Lawyers:'Well sir there is no . . box sir.' Trump: 'I think there is a box, I heard there is.' Lawyers: 'Uh no, there is no box.' Trump: ' oh. Is it lunchtime?
BobbyAllyn The article failed to include a link to the executive order or the actual text to the order. Wouldn’t that be important in an article about the executive order?
We should mass report all the bots that “follow” Trump.
WELCOME TO TRUMPZISM...lil man trumptlers attempt to overtake media
Who are the experts? Please share.
“Theater“ is pretty generous. It’s just more “flooding the zone with sh!t” to distract from the 100,000 dead.
Doesn’t the words “fact checking” come into play here? What is wrong with people? Potus is telling you, out loud, that he is & has been lying to you and he has signed an executive order so that he can continue to do so! Y’all are sad!
This guy!
Does this mean scam artists and terrorists can post what they feel like and can't be fact checked? This is an abuse of power for office of POTUS
And this will achieve nothing
Every human on earth knows the Internet (including social media) is a cesspool of unregulated fraud. If you’ve ever heard of fraud, identity theft, hackers, or bots you would comprehend that social media is a very dangerous territory. It’s even worse when hosts control users.
Thinks he’s a king
MavethTheReaper Amendment one.
They'll just have to crackdown on miscreants like realDonaldTrump to stay in good standing. I just don't see where this little-baby-hissy-fit-toy executive order advances his deviant behavior limitation threshold in the direction he'd like. This is going to come back & bite him.
JaneSepmeier There is nothing enforceable in it.
Trump is an actor, a fake president.
I wonder what democrats are going to try impeaching him for when he gets re-elected.
Fact Check, you mean counter his opinion with other opinions? Not defending the man, but its pretty obvious if you read it.
A great first step! 👏🏼👏🏼 A great first step! 👏🏼👏🏼 A great first step! 👏🏼👏🏼 🙏🤗🇺🇸🥳🥳
Not sure why Joe Scarborough has not filed a lawsuit against Trumps dumbass
if he had given coronavirus this much thought, we just might not be in this pandemic mode.
Priorities...i guess there isn't much else going on in America that requires his attention
Also, dictatorial, considering he was talking about shutting down a private company because they posted information on TWO things he said. And the right wing accuses liberals of being snowflakes? This man is the most pathetic of them all.
Experts (and any rationale citizens) call his presidency political theater.
Don’t be an idiot and you wouldn’t have to get fact checked 🤷♀️
Ummm...stop lying in the first place
It's a good thing. Check out Joe rogan's interview with jack dorsey if you can't figure out why.
What a clown!!
Spanky is mad because Twitter did fact checking on him. He didn't like it.....too bad!
Calls for new regulations under Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act of 1996 (CDA) to remove statutory liability protections and cut federal funding for tech companies that engage in censorship and political conduct. npr your funding should be cut as well.
What a gigantic VAGINA!.. he’s one of the lowest low-lives grifter on the face of the earth.. freekin embarrassing!
Distracting. trump also killed over 100000 Americans by not preparing. He knew what was coming and called Covid-19 a democratic hoax.
Illegal
From the article ''Ironically, Donald Trump is a big beneficiary of Section 230,' Ruane said. 'If platforms were not immune under the law, then they would not risk the legal liability that could come with hosting Donald Trump's lies, defamation and threats.''
Now he can lie unabated! Mission Accomplished.
Anyone else embarrassed at the fact that the US still has its citizens locked up, 100,000+ Americans dead, unemployment through the roof,riots in MN,Karen abusing the use of law enforcement and where is the POTUS? Crying that Twitter fact checked him and signing EXECUTIVE ORDERS!
'Trump signs another executive order: that's the only way he can get shit done'
Never seen an account violate TOS like Trump has and Twitter let’s him get away with it because they are afraid to loose his fanatics. $$$$$$
Twitter took the bait? Republicans have been trying to get this done for a few years.
realDonaldTrump is a dictator without the power...or the dic.
The IdiotInChief reminds me of Bill Mumy in the episode 'It's a Good Life' (Nov. 1961), in which he plays a child who terrorizes his town with psychic power. The WHResidentTerrorist uses Twitter & his abuse of ExecutiveOrder. realDonaldTrump BiggestLoser
😑 Most likely unconstitutional
American politics is a joke now. Amazing how you can see which leaders dont know what they are doing. The talker are usually the bull chetter while the one worker is a scape goat of not working. covid19 coronavirus COVID19Pandemic ICantBreath investigate all leaders
No need for the Social Media companies to sweat this. They only need to wait about 8 months before there is someone who is sane in the Oval office. TrumpIsAnIdiot
Drafted signed w/in12hrs anyone who doesnt see how thin skinned this man is a a fool get congress to move on stimlus senatemajldr what are we waiting for SpeakerPelosi why so long to respond to GeorgeFloyd Mr. potus actions speak louder than words BlackLivesMatter
Executive orders are b.s. I read newspapers,books,magazines and listen to the news. what do you read mr. trump?
Took him a day to do this because he felt personally hurt, but 2 MONTHS to do a damn thing about the virus, because he doesn’t care about others being hurt....or in this case DYING
potus blah, blah, blah. 100,000 100,000 100,000
Tweet away.
When did the GOP become such snowflakes?
He is the littlest man I’ve ever seen
This executive order has less teeth than a maga voter.
The facts are just so pesty aren't they realDonaldTrump? So, he spent his day attacking social media instead of dealing with 100,000 people's deaths... and still growing.
I HOPE that Twitter starts FACT CHECKING each and every one of realDonaldTrump tweets just so we can watch POTUS throw tantrums like a maniac baby VoteBlueToSaveAmerica SuspendTrumpsTwitter
An executive order... that’s funny
Tantrum via executive order.
Close his account and bar him from social media.
Trump’s response is the strongest endorsement of the validity of Twitter’s fact-check I have yet seen.
Creating a clear and present danger, hate speech, threatening speech is not part of the first amendment; these activities are illegal. This is not how the Constitution works. The First Amendment protects Twitter from Trump, it does not protect Trump from Twitter.
The things Donald Trump can't do legally could fill several law textbooks that haven't been updated since 2016.
Imagine how many lives could have been saved if he had acted that fast with Covid-19!
What a snowflake he is.
Great cause that works both ways so watch out
Just one more lawsuit against Trump, one more chalk mark on that long running list of the courts telling him change the constitution just by simply signing a piece of paper. Just another DTT in D.C. Daily Trump Tantrum by a Delinquent Child.
How dare you fact check my tweet! I’m show YOU!! What a joke! Another wag the dog moment to divert attention from 103,206 deaths
The more fascist, unglued, deranged, uncaring, revenge tweeting he becomes lately, the more voters he's losing. Even his base is dwindling.. Keep it up, Trump! Biden2020Landslide
Why don't the idiot just leave Twitter?...problem solved Why don't Twitter just block the idiot's account?...problem solved.
he's using this pandemic to pave the way for future abuses of power by the right wing. pretty soon, for a country that forces democracy on others, we're going to have to ask another country to do the same to us.
From the Johnson impeachment: “an impeachable high crime or misdemeanor is... a violation of the Constitution, law, an official oath, of duty, by an act committed or omitted, or... by the abuse of discretionary powers from improper motives or for an improper purpose.'' FoxNews
Fascism
Trump's upset that he's not allowed to lie on Twitter anymore.
NEW: Crack addict threatens crack.
Let’s be clear about one thing. This is a political stunt pure and simple. It’s going nowhere.
WTF.
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