President Donald Trump is expected to sign an executive order aimed at social media companies on Thursday, White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany told reporters Wednesday evening, a move that comes as the president and his allies have escalated their allegations that companies like Twitter and Facebook stifle GOP voices.
McEnany told reporters aboard Air Force One that the order is “pertaining to social media” but shared no additional details on what it will do.Trump and his supporters have been hammering Twitter since the social network labeled a pair of his tweets with a fact-checking notice for the first time on Tuesday, and the president pledged Wednesday that "big action" will follow.
Twitter acted after Trump had alleged without evidence that mail-in ballots are likely to be “substantially fraudulent,” in tweets that the company said contained misleading information about the electoral process. The move triggered an array of rebukes from Republicans, including Trump. “@Twitter is now interfering in the 2020 Presidential Election,” Trump tweeted Wednesday, adding that “Twitter is completely stifling FREE SPEECH, and I, as President, will not allow it to happen!”
Democrats, meanwhile, have complained that Twitter has been too slow to respond to a litany of abusive, inaccurate or inflammatory tweets from the president, including his recent baseless insinuations that MSNBC host Joe Scarborough may be guilty of murder.
Some men just wanna see the world burn!
Twitter Facebook should be able to control content. They're the ones you're going to decide what you can see and what you can't. That's bullshit.
If Twitter and Facebook are going to editorialize that's fine but they shouldn't get a pass. They should be like newspapers. They should be open to litigation which they are not at the current time. The left and right should agree that with that.
Good for him!
Limiting private corporations, gd liberals.
POTUS executive order on his lies! Where is the executive order for the Virus killing over 100,000 innocent lives and Mr George Floyd and all other victims of police brutality
Imagine where we’d be if realDonaldTrump had responded to the coronavirus as quickly and with as much vigor as he did when he got butthurt about Twitter putting fact-check warnings on his tweets. Egotistical Narcissist
If I talked like trump i would be kicked off Twitter
It is a very foolish horse that sneezes in his feed bag.
Trumps tweets have been callous, careless and out of control. It is about time Twitter put a check on him since no one in his administration has the courage to do so
KeithOlbermann Block him up!!!
Dictator wannabe does what?
Yes! Close Twitter so that idiot can’t Tweet any more lies! realDonaldTrump
Meanwhile Fox is calling it ‘censorship’. So the cult are yet again lied too and misinformed.
Oh I hope twitter shuts down until the election. I’m sick of this troll’s tweets anyway. Maybe he should stop lying 🤪
Nope, only liars and bullshitters
This is very scary, Bad move Mr President Trump. Do not touch the freedom of speech. We are Not Communist China.
Sure he will, because Trump never makes empty threats, oh no, never....🙄
What the heck is wrong with this country. 100000+ Americans have died in the last 3 months.!!! While this excuse of a president bully tweets for his ego and politics. If all these deaths can not sober and bring Americans together than this country is in horrific trouble.
Trump, the American vs social media, the anti Americans. Its show time
Um. Does Trump forget that the only reason he managed to steal the White House in 2016 was because Russia infiltrated people's social media feeds with fake news and right wing memes? And the companies did nothing? If there is a bias, it is certainly not *against* Trump fgs
KeithOlbermann Over 100,000 dead and this imaginary crap is what his addled brain is worrying about!
People should be alarmed by Trump's executive order! He is following the playbook of totalitarian dictators. We are in deep trouble.
Because he LIED and got his ass fact checked
Speaking of sensorship. This, from the king of firing all those who disagree with him, and only hires those who will do his bidding... he’s a fascist egomaniac with a totalitarian inferiority complex ... he’s a joke
KeithOlbermann That will last about five minutes until the first federal judge shuts it down...
It took too long. Sodomites talk down on conservative folks and when you hit back them, you get barred. There is so much bias on social media platforms against conservatives.
KeithOlbermann That’s a lawsuit on the way and Trump will lose!!🇺🇸⚖️👍🏾
How many executives orders is this? When Pres Obama did EOs he was acting like a dictator 🤦🏾♀️
KeithOlbermann so action against media platform took days to happen, action against the virus took ……?
👏 👏 👏
Escalated allegations? Or facts? Social media coy stifle free speech. They are for free speech only if it suits their narrative.
KeithOlbermann Stinking dictator
That is factual, it has been happening for years
Funny my social feeds are full OF CONSERVATIVE and NEOCON nonsense - the call of 'liberal lies on Social Media' - doesn't appear on my feed, I get every tin foil hat right wing retweet and re-share. 90% FALSE and little of it ever removed.
How does Trump expect to enforce the executive order?
Well if the cop spent more time caring about people's well being and not spreading lies and false information then they wouldn't need to attack the first amendment
He calls this a democracy feels like more of a communist regime!
KeithOlbermann fascistbook banned me for 2 months for calling trump white trash(HATE SPEECH). if trump wants to shut suckerberg down for doing that, it's fine with me. the motherfuckers deserve each other.
If only someone or something could stifle this ignorant bag of wind
KeithOlbermann Now this liar wants to take over social media, I suggest they delete his accounts, its within their right as private companies
They are private companies and can do whatever the fuck they want
KeithOlbermann My guess: the EO grants anyone the right to sue Twitter and Facebook, and he'll start it off by suing both for (after doing a terrible Dr. Evil imitation) 999 trillion dollars. It'll fall apart, then him
KeithOlbermann We've seen this song and dance before. He doesn't give a shit about whether the media is being fair and unbiased, he just wants ass kissers.
KeithOlbermann Are you f**ing kidding me? If something isn't done about this, we're in REAL trouble come November. SpeakOut TwitterFactCheck Twitter FactCheck
KeithOlbermann Twitter is a private company and when you sign up you agree to their terms. If you don't like it then delete your account and stand on the street corner and spew your lies. No one is keeping you from speaking.
KeithOlbermann He tweets 20 times a day and double on sundays
KeithOlbermann It will be struck down by scotus
KeithOlbermann Trump: “You can only say nice things about me and I can say whatever I want!”
KeithOlbermann realDonaldTrump has only one thing that makes him feel popular & when he doesn’t like it for fact checking during a political yr he turns to his authoritarian powers to make the propaganda continue to exist. Imagine having no confidence in yourself you need twitter approval
W.W.P.D. What Would Putin Do.
Ironic considering Trump wanted his own Twitter censorship by blocking critics of him. Courts said no. Now he thinks Twitter does it?
Let's see......every social media platform I visit is wall to wall conservative propaganda so I'm thinking I don't see much stifling of trump bullshit.
Block the president, reduce his followers to zero
OMG do not let this happen! Unfollow him now
After Twitter fact-checks Barack Obama’s tweet, he threatens to close down social media platforms. How do you feel now that its Obama?
Facebook took down The Lincoln Project and Twitter keeps tweeting Trump’s lies. Trump bitching about it? A showman he is.
Damn, ya think ElectoralCollegeFail TRE45ONPIG would be BUSY or something!?!? 🤬NeverForgetTrumpCorona LockHimUp due to CriminalNegligence of coronavirus already!
Trump is spot on. Enough is enough!
Good luck with that.
If U close social media you’ll limit the spread of your lies to the sad people who watch conservative TV.
Another Fascist edict from Windbag 1
Huh?
Trump is insane
You were accusing Joe Scarborough of murdering his aid which is not true you’re using it as a political pawn you can’t do that
They reveal the truth!
Welcome to the GOP
So.... the crooked man who tries to remove all oversight of his administration, wants oversight of social media...? 🤔😉
He can’t do that. It will instantly become a court case.
“Look I’m signing a meaningless piece of paper, don’t mind that mountain of corpses over there.”
God forbid a COMPANY do what THEY want.
Old man yells at cloud.
Guys it's NOT that simple. Think of time that will be consumed thru litigation. ChloroForm can kiss his reelection bid goodbye. NOV CAN'T COME SOON ENOUGH CON MAN
Oh brother. Didn't Russia using fb get him elected in the first place?
What was that about being against ‘big government’ GOP?
Autocracy!
😴😴....diversion...nothing to see here....back to the trump covid carnage....
100,000 Americans are dead. The cops killed a man suspected of fraud because he was black. But, sure... let’s talk about how unfair Twitter is 🙄
Won’t hold up in court
Another knee-jerk reaction followed by another toothless EO. Another photo op. Wash. Rinse. Repeat. If only he was as troubled by 100k+ deaths he could've influenced in a positive way.
DumpTrump2020
You know what ..he don’t have to be on Twitter where is that written that’s part of the presidency .. he mad that they calling out his lies
I’m okay with shutting down Twitter and Facebook.
Twitter became a publisher by its own admission. Ever wonder why Facebook isn’t following suit?
GOP wants a totalitarian regime.
Hey realDonaldTrump . Twitter is NOT stopping you telling lies. It is just pointing out that you are telling lies. You can keep telling lies and it can keep pointing out the bleeding obvious- that you are telling LIES. Stop whining BABY
It's so cute that you write that as if you think it's going to happen.
trump is about to bite the hand that’s been feeding him...
DictatorTrump
Unacceptable POTUS realDonaldTrump focus on infrastructure if you want to stimulate the economy.
Empty threats, Cheetoh-man. See you in court, because this would be an ACTUAL violation of the First Amendment and freedom of speech...for Twitter.
Im confused, if the GOP is telling the truth & making factual statements, then why do they care if Twitter is checking political releases and comments? 🤷♂️
True!
That's hilarious, let's pretend you haven't been asking for him to be banned from Twitter just yesterday.
Social Media sources ? Does that include print publications, radio, television, phone communications, etc. ? Will Barr be monitoring these outlets and reporting to Trump directly ?
Beware the fascist ! It’s happening !
Does an Executive Order trump the Constitution?
Isn’t Facebook still allowing false ads to run because they thought people were smart enough to fact check for themselves? I don’t think our pouting baby in chief likes to be called out by anyone with a memory on his response to covid.
Remember when Kim Jung Un called Trump a 'Dotard', I think he was on to something: do·tard /ˈdōdərd/ noun 1. an old person, especially one who has become physically weak or whose mental faculties have declined.
Good grief. I see more Republican diatribe than I do Democrat. Repubs, do I need to define what diatribe means?
Wah I am so sick and tired of trumps endless whining.
Truth in the first casualty in the war against Covid19. As always, truth is the first casualty in most wars.
I don’t think he has that kind of power. What can he do? With a deep pocket, Twitter and FB could suit the WH.
Ck his lies, he tries to shut you down. Dictator or president? Actuall just a total a......
Let's boycott Facebook
That’s just bluster and ego. What would it say? Twitter can’t fact check me by executive order?
The best approach I can come up with is something like, “Social Media companies can’t restrict, scrutinize or alter politicians’ posts.” But Social Media Companies aren’t designed for politicians. Politicians utilize the platform to spread their reach.
What is he going to do? Subject social media to HIS terms of conduct? Follow in the footsteps of North Korea and China? I can't even bear to think of what he would do when he gets a second term! Make criticism of the president a capital offence?
We're in the middle of a killer pandemic. What is the president doing? Picking a fight with Tweeter...
Wait, I thought that all his constitutional scholars were all about the 1st amendment. *Congress* shall make no law...
It would be a salvation for everyone to eject him from twitter
This dude want to emulate the dictators he admires like Putin or Kim Jung Un. Did he forget this is America, not Russia or North Korea?
Yes America wants him gone he should be tried for war crimes 100000k he made a Holocost out of America
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