President Donald Trump's attempt to punish companies like Twitter, Google and Facebook for alleged anticonservative bias takes aim at the online industry's most-cherished legal protections — but the shot ultimately could be a glancing blow.
"My executive order calls for new regulations ... to make it that social media companies that engage in censoring or any political conduct will not be able to keep their liability shield," he said, He also singled out Yoel Roth, the head of site integrity for Twitter, holding up his picture on the cover of the New York Post. Roth has drawn attacks from conservatives in recent days after people unearthed old tweets in which he appeared to disparage Trump and his supporters.
"One of the things that I found has the broadest bipartisan support these days is the feeling that this provision, Section 230, has been stretched way beyond its original intention, and people feel that on both sides of the aisle," Barr said.
Your shield needs to be lifted, as well.
Trump doesn't want to be called out for his Lies ?
He can’t ! It’s his lying tool ....
America wake up. Ask the idiot Electoral College voters that elected the liar & corrupt; the shameless McConnell lead GOP senators that acquitted without trial the maniac. I hope covid19 karma is coming for them. Lets VOTE them OUT this November 2020 and protect America.
How lovely, not3bad suzannahfrances ambiedextrous bennykoval NaomiAKlein ValerieHoehne. An American city on fire because of the sadism and police racism that realDonaldTrump has tolerated (or stimulated) and the tyrant is concerned that Twitter is blocking hate speech.
Trump forgets that Twitter, as a private company, is under no obligation to observe his First Amendment rights. Welcome to capitalism.
Wait, he is allowed people to sue companies like Twitter if they don’t remove misleading content?! Um... ok...
100000 deaths, Minneapolis burning and Trump has time for this BS?
He would cut his throat if he had to stop tweeter
realDonaldTrump where you belong
Mr. President you are fake news
As usual Trump retaliating with abuse of power because he did not get his way.
More distraction. Get back to 100,000+ deaths people.
He wants Twitter so he can reach his base. Twitter should just close his account. Then the white house will implode
Twitter is a service that has terms of use - that he has repeatedly breached through his hate speech, targeted bullying, propagation of lies & “fake news”. His ego is so bruised by a valid fact check that he’s issuing an executive order? AbuseOfPower much?
Gosh, how will he fill his time if Twitter is shut down? Golf, I guess. 🤔
He would never shut down twitter. You're all being played like fiddles by this buffoon. He's easily distracting all of you from the 100k covid deaths and 40 million jobless.
If Facebook and Twitter can kick people off for comments that supposedly their Community Standards……the same should hold true to anyone…..especially politicians, who use their platforms to disseminate false information and LIES !!
Trump is a vindictive and evil man who enjoys hurting people who disagree with him. Voters need to make Republicans pay a heavy price in November for keeping that monster in the White House for so long.
Trump will never stop tweeting To him it’s a form of masturbation
Ban the Prez on Twitter
An EO does not change the law in spite of the idiots trump has running the FCC. Only congress can change this. Good luck with that ...
brucewa46428050 Mr. President you are not a facist dictator.....wait a second!?!
Doesn't that mean they will have to fact check EVERYTHING he says so they aren aren't liable?
Trump abusing his office over a personal dispute.
Too bad trump didn’t do it. He’s such a baby.... waaaaa waaaaa waaaaa
Yes while Americans die. This jackass is concerned with Twitter. Tell me again how he is the best president ever. Not by a long shot.
He declined to delete his Twitter account so he can continue to deliver false and disrespectful information
If a gagillion people report Tweets does that get an offender shut down ?
trump declinied to delete his personal account despite his criticism of the platform - Meanwhile 100,000 American citizens have died from the coronavirus, 1 out of 4 have applied for unemployement and South Minneapolis is burning. Tantrump Distraction
This guy is a clown it's astonishing he's still at 42% a testament to decades of right wing propaganda- take away just fox and he'd be in the 20s.
I know wish you had a facebook or twitter company don't hate the player understand the game...
Why would anyone THAT mad at a platform not delete their account. That makes absolutely no sense!
The news is fake. Got news for you. Hes a FakePresident . What a joke he has been.
As usual, all talk. BS is all he has. It's all he is. TrumpIsANationalDisgrace
Agenda news is the enemy of the people.
It's out there now Politico, no Americans wants censorship, Trump has already the politics of this issue and that drives you China CCP worshipers crazy!
So, maybe Twitter should be allowed to sue users for lying. As a form of protection to credibility. It’s like someone eating in your restaurant everyday... then saying the food is bad and being allowed to throw it on the floor. And being allowed to do it again tomorrow.
No surprise there! That’s his place to puke-up his anger, frustrations and fear!!
Trump the petty little man trying to use powers he doesn’t have to fix an issue which doesn’t exist. He was NOT censored. He was fact checked. When that happened in 2016 he made up lie of Fake News. He’s at it again. He needs to be able to lie without question.
When this goes to court Twitter can and will be allowed to depose him since he gave the order. He wont be a sitting POTUS to hide behind that theory
As soon as he defiantly crosses his arms, you know he's lying and posturing to push his bs narrative. What a crook and what a joke of a President. TrumpLiesPeopleDie
realDonaldTrump delete your account. Twitter is a private platform. You still have free speech say what ever you want. Accuse whoever you want of murder. You just can’t do that on this private platform.
Cool, so wecould sue Trump for every lie on Twitter!
President Trump declared Twitter should be shut down over alleged anti-conservative bias. Reporter: “How would you shut down an American company?” Trump: “I don't know, I'd have to ask the lawyers..If it were able to be legally shut down, I would do it”
Twitter's flag on Trump's tweet had nothing to do with content...they didn't remove it, they flagged it because their policy is to flag anything that would imperil voting or census information. He posted a lie...and got caught.
It’s NOT “....such a beautiful timeline, such a beautiful timeline” now is it you bloody moron
Come on...go to Instagram...
Tell the truth
Says the man with over 18,000 LIES & ENDLESS CONSPIRACY THEORIES! A VINDICTIVE QUACK and CON-MAN who consistently sells SNAKE OIL TO HIS CULT FOLLOWING!
Maybe the law should allow those who post incorrect information to be sued.
Twitter has already revised its fact check on the Trump. Why? Because they were wrong😂😂😂
He won’t delete it .. How would he be able brainwash his moronic MAGA minions Twitter should shut down for 2 wks Which will escalate Trumps breakdown for which his staff at the White House will bear the brunt
Diversion. There’s over 100,000 Americans dead on his watch.
You delete your account... you are 24/7 fake
They should delete him, conflict of interest
Trump is playing the left at their own game and they don't like it! FREEDOM OF SPEECH. Period.
I hope he realizes that if social media companies could get sued for their users' content, they'd be forced to ban Trumpists, conspiracy theorists, and anyone else who spreads misinformation from using their platform at all.
they could always suspend him. happens all the time.
He acts ONLY on impulse - and never thinks anything through. And everything he does reflects that.
Wish he cared this much about the over 100,000 deaths he's caused.
The right, alt-right, conservatives, whatever, constantly complain about Twitter/FB/Friendster censoring them and shadowbanning their ideas. So how is it none of these 'patriots' have created their own platform, with blackjack, and insane conspiracies, and hookers?
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