President Donald Trump is scheduled to host several right-wing internet personalities at an event Thursday that the White House said was intended to “share how they have been affected by bias online.”
Trump and other Republican politicians have recently amplified attacks on social media companies for what they see as unfair censorship directed at conservatives. Trump has repeatedly decried “censorship” of users who have been banned from social media for breaking terms-of-service agreements on sites like Twitter and Facebook. Some users have had their accounts terminated by social media platforms for operating fake accounts or directing hate speech at other users.
While the Trump administration has generally embraced the far-right social media sphere, Thursday’s event will be one of the first to bring that digital ecosystem into the real world. Disinformation researchers who spoke with NBC News said the event further legitimizes a network of social media personalities who repeatedly target politicians and social media users with disinformation, trolling and harassment campaigns.
“I feel like maybe the rest of us are in denial, or disbelief, that these kinds of internet celebrities and social media influencers are already a powerful force shaping our culture,” said Erin Gallagher, who maps influence networks of targeted harassment and disinformation. “The people and topics that they elevate with their massive platforms are incredibly toxic and will have very damaging long-term effects on society.
More bullshit
On the menu-delicately roasted beef sandwiches from Arby’s, Royals with cheese from McDonalds, finest cuts of chicken breaded and fried Kentucky style from his friend the Colonel.
Crazy nutters who promote violence and unpopular opinions are not liked online. who would have thunk it?
This event will be equivalent to a bunch of dogs licking each other's wounds.
When will we have just one Trump free day on networktv, cable tv and social media? He sees it as high ratings and approval. Literally feeding the beast.
WorstPresidentEver
NUTCASES AND EVIL SOBs MEET TO PLOT NONSENSICAL HATE There. That’s your headline. Do better.
What a fucking joke.
Is he alo going to cover how he committed treason by selling us out to Putin?
Great because all of Silicon Valley is run by H1B recipients who are adverse to not letting everyone in the world pile into the US.
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It's a training session on how to spread their propaganda to divide
More destructive ways to shut up the free press or try to turn them into Fox
HEIL
Unbelievable!
“Disinformation researchers who spoke with NBC News said...” Who exactly are these people? How can you ignore the obvious bias in interpretation of what constitutes violations of terms of service?
Does the White House supply the sheets?
Wow, Hitler AA.
Snowflake parties are the coolest!
Whack jobs on parade....
The left was curiously silent when Obama was having meetings with The Muslim Brotherhood, a terrorist organization, and had members as advisors. But American citizens who feel they are being censored by overtly biased social media? Oh no! Can’t do that! 🙄
Capitalism at work! Sorry you can force private companies to do business with you. Remember that argument during the Gay Wedding Cake thing?
They are having a pity party. Playing the victims. What a crock of shit.
far right according to NBC, anyone that thinks USA should have borders or there are two genders
The President is holding a pity party … and has invited his most outrageous right-wing extremist followers. What could possibly go wrong.
Victimhood in free market, private industry? Bor-ing.
If ever there was a time for Facebook to go down...
Waitttt, cnn and msnbc are going to be there?
Theories and consequences paired logically by the Twitter algorithm :
You mean people that you don't agree with. Meaning you're a bigot NBC. Congrats
This tweet is disingenuous.
Obama had BLM terrorists at the white house.
You mean like the Dems have been trying to unsuccessfully do recently? Politics are a joke. As are most of the politicians.
NBC news your are FAKENEWS
Really now? So all of the conspiracy theories are now going to be in line with mainstream thinking & from a conservative point of view instead of some crazy person with one or more Mentalhealth issues just needing help type point of view?
You are speaking of yourselves, aka Tech-Nazis. FakeNewsMedia EnemyOfThePeople
This is rich.
The people you call trolls and fake news have been reporting on Epstein and Obama's children in cages for years. The 'real media' channels covered it up.
This is libelous. Just because you don't like them or agree with them does not make them extremists.
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