Trump to sign executive order on social media on Thursday: White House

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President Trump will sign an executive order on social media companies, White House officials said after Trump threatened to shut down websites he accused of stifling conservative voices

The officials gave no further details. It was unclear how Trump could follow through on the threat of shutting down privately owned companies including Twitter Inc.

In an interview with Fox News Channel on Wednesday, Facebook’s chief executive, Mark Zuckerberg, said censoring a platform would not be the “right reflex” for a government worried about censorship. Fox played a clip of the interview and said it would be aired in full on Thursday.The American Civil Liberties Union said the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution limits any action Trump could take.“Republicans feel that Social Media Platforms totally silence conservatives voices.

Last year the White House circulated drafts of a proposed executive order about anti-conservative bias which never gained traction. Separately, Twitter said Trump’s tweets were labeled as part of efforts to enforce the company’s “civic integrity policy.” U.S. President Donald Trump speaks about negotiations with pharmaceutical companies over the cost of insulin for U.S. seniors on Medicare at an event in the Rose Garden at the White House during the coronavirus disease outbreak in Washington, U.S. May 26, 2020. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst

 

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Do not let this maniac step on our 1st amendment.

POTUS Pres. Dumb Ass wants to stop media, social media companies from saying he's WRONG and prevent them from proving it. He doesn't want US citizens to know the real actual facts, only his FAKE news/facts.

Thing is Twitter still lets him tweet, they just have started to (finally) correct the record when he spouts BS

He’s such a crybaby.

BrodyLogan serious question; how many times has twitter fact checked a politician's tweets? Lots of misinformation went around the past few years...Have you fact checked them all or a certain few?

Trump needs to read the First Amendment. Okay, he needs someone to read it to him very slowly.

anything about saying the truth on tweeter.. 😬😬😬😬😬

THIS ORATE IS ABLE TO TAKE A CIVIL WAR TO THE US BEFORE GIVING THE PRESIDENCY. KNOW THAT MAKING FUN OF THE PANDEMIC AND THE ESTABLISHED PROTOCOL, ARE EVIDENCE THAT WILL SERVE THE RAIN OF DEMANDS THAT VICTIMS AND COMPANIES WILL BEGIN AFTER DELIVERING THE POSITION. THAT IS SURE

Contrary to the dishonest Left (redundant, I know)...the Left will NOT be censored....

Close down all social media until after elections.

Bad idea, how is he going to whine late at night or early morning every day?

The point is that Twitter not only never fact checked the tweets of Chinese wolf warrior diplomats and official medias, but also gave their account blue ☑️ authentication🤷🏻‍♀️ Is Twitter a social media platform controlled by the Chinese government? Why does it respect them so much?

Dictatorship at its best!

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this is full dictatorship. And worst of all, nobody is doing anything about it. Shame on you USA.

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I don’t think his executive order really matters...no real authority

NYT had examined the ~11,500 tweets since Trump took office. 1400 of them attacked immigrants or minorities, 130 praised the services of dictators, 1500 spread unproven conspiracy theories. He's going to go on, worse, more aggressively, - to beat Twitter!

Finally!!

So, he wants to burn the bridge that got him here?

When is this orange thing realDonaldTrump is going to sign the order forcing Americans to drink bleach? May be it is only then they will wake up and pump those bleach up his culo🙄

Social media is nothing but a slow poison for new generation

Hopefully Bolsonaro does the same thing in Brazil 🇧🇷

How will he say nasty things about people now?

I think he meant stifling bullshit!

Fact-checking is not stifling conservative voices. It serves as a means to present a factual perspective or truth to an otherwise distorted or biased publicly presented item. That is how democracy operates. Trump claims ‘unitary powers’ as pres, meaning his words are infallible.

Stifling fake news, lies, harassment, abusive language?

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Anyone else notice “conservatives” cannot write proper English or spell?

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He is not the end all be all. If you can't take the heat get the fuck out of the kitchen.

So Trump is a massive crybaby for not wanting scrutiny. Talk about wanting to live in a bubble.

I guess idiotic people CAN get more ignorant...

Good.

if trump bans twitter before twitter bans him im going to become full maga

Let him. No one would miss Twitter more than that petulant child.

It's not a stifling of his or anyone else's voice when they add a fact check. It is certainly not censorship, as Trump claims.

tRump is a Whiny little B***

Not sad!

Investigate Li Fei Fei,a potential CCP infiltration in Twitter

What a waste of energy. Just stop lying and misleading the people! 🙄 duh!! He needs to focus on recognizing and addressing the families who lost their loved ones. 🙏🏽

Executive order seems pretty minor considering if they fact checked the Clinton’s people would just start to disappear.

Trump’s tweets have ‘deteriorated’ because he knows he faces ‘landslide defeat.

I hope they and all other platforms do as well. Why is his speech any different then mine?

The dictatorship of President Trump, putting conditions on free expression and the strangest thing is that he attacks sovereign countries when he violates the civil rights of citizens.

Amazing it took this guy one bs tweet that was untrue btw to have an executive order yet it took him two months to help Americans financially 🤣

Trump plans on instituting a China-style social credit system in America! People who say good things about him get rewarded, people who say bad things, let just say for them life will be much harder!

For God sake! Politicians are the worse we have, 102,248 deaths by COVID and Trump is concern with Twitter and Reelection. I truly don't know what is happening anymore.

while Trump did many controversy thing ,I will 100% this decision, twitter and other media has been silently siding with china and other nation omitting the truth value of freedom.

Careful what you wish for.

Some Twitter accounts or other social platform accounts,most of them are tools for the Chinese government for political propaganda and spread rumors.China spreads false video in the world and manufactures conflict events.Block virus investigation.China is the enemy of all mankind

Art. 666: FreedomOfTweet :)

This MF is going to burn down our country on his way out. F Trump.

He's an incompetent fool that does know what he's doing. Ignorant and can't be trusted to tell the truth. TrumpFailedAmerica TrumpIsAnIdiot

BRAIN DEAD PATHETIC DERANGED DONALD should of been fact checked a long time ago. People are tired of his bullying. The media shouldn't even go to his press conferences because he miss treating them for them reporting the news the way they see it.

ShearonRoberts drtiasmith75

His face looks got suntan.

Baby Trump got his hand slapped over a tweet....and he goes berserk.

If what you put on social media is documented and thus can be proven, why are you nervous about being fact checked?!?!

Pure ingredients of a DICTACTOR

Maybe Twitter can set a policy to shut down abusive accounts that spread threatening messages that cause pain and unrest to large population. As a platform operator it can set its own operation policy. And the first batch of accounts to be shut down will come from .....

VOTER SUPPRESSION!

There was a problem with twitter recently. I retweeted the President's letter to the WHO, but it was automatically hidden without any warning. You can't search for the post I retweeted, and while you can open it, when you read the comments, you can't see trump's letter. 1/2

TWITTER IS RIGHT!

How is this an issue? You have the Tumblr staring twitter outraging mobbing cancel culture running wild on twitter gleeful when they shut down accounts they do not like. Welcome to Mutually Assured Destruction. Everyone knew this day was coming, so please

iJavidTrader Is anyone actually listening to him anyway? Anyone that is still listening to this buffoon must be a lost cause! 🤷🏼‍♂️

Crybaby.

realDonaldTrump are you really going to shut down your favorite mode of communication? I call bluff. Facebook only cares about 1 thing, it’s money! Facebook is not just a social media company when people go to the platform for news. Please take some responsibility.

Trump now a socialist

His about to be the president with more signed executive orders in history of USA

So - Twitter will dump him finally?

That EO is going to go over like a fart in church.

POTUS narendramodi Well done sir,few media houses believe they are above law of land and can override Head of are giving them strong reply.modiji must do it with NDTV wire print kaarvan etc

These are effects of electing a president that cares more on show biz

America, the land of the free 🙄

You’re silencing me. So I’m going to try to unconstitutionally take away your right to be heard.

We don't FORGET Cambridge Analytica

Also Trump is responsible for 100,000 deaths.

Esta começando... RED BIRD vai se ferrar...

Well he will also then expose his fiends at FoxNews foxandfriends to liability. Don’t think it will survive a court challenge though. realDonaldTrump

realDonaldTrump wants to control a private entity to be allowed to freely lie without consequence. Who else does that? Oh yeah, China. And his cultists love this idea! RepublicanCommunism

someone let him at the bleach cabinet again!

it's clear that Twitter fears china more than US. reminder : chinese official's offensive n misleading tweets on coronavirus didn't bother twitter at all. doublestandard TwitterFactCheck

did he know there a pandemic and riots going on around his country?

If Twitter wants to add fact checking function on politician then they should do that on both parties. Cannot be one sided or it’s not ready. I welcome this move as long as it’s applied on both sides not against one person only.

he tweeted about conspiracy about a murder ..write properly

Joe Biden shit himself on national television

realDonaldTrump wants to turn Twitter into a utility? Cool... There is a thing called legal precedent. If he wants to control one private corporation, everything else is fair game! How great would it be if Trump's ego led to universal healthcare?

A dictator in the largest democracy?

Acting like a dictator

That's a first attacking those that defend the truth I never expected America to support a liar, that everybody knows he is lying hopefully they kick him out and take him to court or maybe he'll go to SCOTUS and allege that they impeding him of his lies Trump is shameless

This asshole can’t be fact checked! Every sentence as poorly as it’s constructed would need evaluation. He’s a disgrace and we will never be whole until he’s gone.

Twitter is going to regret displaying their bias.

Hey jack Now is a good time to remind you: Freedom of Speech DOESN'T mean guaranteed access to a media platform. Do America and the world a favor- Kick the lying fascist SOB off Twitter

If he told the truth (which he cannot)there would be no need for an executive order

Sad day for freedom of speech

Infantile from start to finish

He’s throwing a malignant tantrum over “Click to learn more”

Lol ok 🙄

This is inacceptable

Fear mongerer

Ban his account

He writes like a polygraph.

The administration is trying to legally protect their right to mislead and lie. Honesty is no longer a part of the American vocabulary. The rest of the world should side with Twitter. Nothing but the facts m'aam.

Self made god.

We're in the midst of a pandemic and Trump's primary focus is on his hurt feelings.

no

Our president realDonaldTrump is a runaway train. The only way it will stop is after it devastated everything at its arrival destination. Our President realDonaldTrump is a Tyrant, he takes away our freedoms in order to gain political advantage. VOTE

Someone change his diaper FFS

must really suck to have your voice go unheard. wonder what that’s like? 🤔🤔

Definitely, Mr. Trump doesn't wear a mask.

What a freakin’ whiney baby! He gets one Tweet out of 10’s of thousands (?) fact checked and he can’t stop crying about it. They have to give him a Sharpie to make him stop!

Social Media some time becomes fake narrative

Freedom of the press, remember that right?

U ain't gonna do shit!

I think this is a great idea.Put people in the streets where they belong, instead of banging away on a keyboard. Hopefully it isn't realized that it's a bad idea until it's too late....

He is a child. He needs a spanking and a hug.

On more free speech If u president Never use

It probably reads- Twitter, Stop being mean to me.

Trump will win the election. The order will help filter negative of him and help him win.

Dictatorship

How is he still breathing?

People in the US voted for trump how do expect the police not to kill black people.

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Yeah this isn't north Korea you f*ukn dipsh*t.

Hell yeah finally

Fat Trump got too much time on his hands. Now he’s gonna have to social media platforms. You don’t like social media delete your accounts.

So we’re bringing back MySpace?

this thing will called 'violations of basic human rights' by canada, hrw & another 'world human rights keeper' if happens in non US-allies country..

Ok so trying to control the media..who does that sound like Scary stuff my friend

People should VOTE online, do both part, give them private information and face scan thru computer or cell phones like how airport screen People to get into USA.

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Sounds like Trump’s good friend - North Korean Kim

Ah, so he's throwing a hissy fit cause Twitter called out his bullshit

This will never stand. You idiot. Every hear of freedom of speech? Someone hurt your feelings and turn into even MORE of a tyrant? WOW. Yes, your Majesty, King Trump.

ThingsADictatorDoesAndSays trump continues his PresidentialCrimeWave with the help of MoscowMitch ! DumpThemBoth ! He's trying to COVER UP what his PresidentialDeathSquad is UP TO NOW! 100KinTheUSA ! Remember-WHEN trump LOSES-HE CAN BE CHARGED with HIS Impeachment crimes!

Vindictive and toothless.

DonaldTrump 'NEVER FLAG MY LIES AS LIES.'

Gargantuan baby is having a temper tantrum.

Trump just fuxs everything up..

Will the Ministry of Truth be issuing a media release? Did Winston Smith write the release?

Vote him out in November.

It’s all in the hands of the Americans... get this elitist scum out of office ASAP!

He seems to be confused as to which country this is.

It would be so funny if Trump was put in twitter jail with zerohedge.

I remember practicing my signature as a child.

The wana-be Dictator in Chief is a fool

Rapidly approaching China autocracy. We shall soon have another one, red party rule in the USA

Dictators gonna dictate.

Let me guess, because they have no details. In other words, President made a threat and now his staff is trying to find the support and means to back it. Please. 🙄

Good... 👍

Emperor Trump

I would not let Trump dictate my company! I would shut it down before he tell me how to run it. If Trump threatens and blackmails Jack, Jack should shut it down. It would hurt Trump more than anyone. He loves Twitter

He rather help himself than we the people he is self servingTell Trump to sign an executive order to stop police from killing blacks in one day.or an order to help the states suffering from a pandemic.not sign a order in one day to keep his lies on TwitterTrumpthemanofmanybribes

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But is official if its signed in crayon?

Petulant child response to sign such a meaningless 'order'

😂

He needs stronger suncream.

What a WHINER!

TrumpPence2020

More of the realDonaldTrump dictator coming out! Putin is teaching him well! No dissent allowed! PressSec

Both sides are wrong. Factchecking(by who?)and government intervention . It has to be plainly free.

Does he dare to close Twitter? If it is closed, he doesn't know how to manage the country! LMAO

That Dictator SOB.... Freedom of Speech... Constitution Rights I'm against this order..

Free speech is only free if he likes what you're saying. Welcome to the Trump Reich.

So he can Lie whenever he wants ..!!! This thing should be Locked Down!

I have been trying to remember who Trump really reminded me of, now I know he’s Pennywise.......Stephen King’s character has come to life. DumpTrump2020 COVID19 ProjectLincoln should work with StephenKing on a Pennywise Trump ad. pennywise

Let Him Try. Like many others who call for a free internet, I may not like or agree with what you have to say, but, I will defend the right to say it. [*Unless its slanderous racist or encouraging breaking any sensible international laws..]

what about those that stifle left wing voices or are the snowflake right just butt hurt because people are being mean about them

He would fit in perfectly living in China or Russia.

Things dictators say

Ban him.

What about freedom and democracy? Are they all lies?

This will be tested in Supreme Court. Funny how this administration fucks up everything.

He trying to go all North Korea in this bitch

selfish EO

He's not the only one accusing or alleging, many have been complaining for as many as 7 years about the antics of these companies.

Banana Republic shit.Just don’t fucking lie !

People who live in glass houses should never throw stones at others! You are guilty of stifling the truth with your lies and so much more.

there is a protest going on in America and trump is focusing on this?

He won't do it. He's just being his usual idiotic self.

This is the most blatantly illegal thing he has ever done.

Slow and steady, America is heading towards North Korea styled dictatorship

What’s the difference between America and China ?

I love Donna trump

POTUS has became brain dead. He no longer needs to be commander in chief. He is nothing more than a dictator want to be

He is pissed that the courts decided this isn't true

Too bad he isn't trying to calm the current storm happening in the riots . Always focusing on things that mean more to him than the country.

Trump's racism, stupidity & selfishness have weakened the US so much that it has changed from a world power to a weak banana republic. The United States is now destabilized and that's exactly what Putin wanted to achieve with Trump's election

He gets his voice 24/7. What a punk kid move to cry because everyone doesn’t agree with you...? Face it, we hate you and we want, more than anything in the world, for you to go back to the pit of stench from whence you came..! 🍊🤡🐷👶

So how is he going to prove this? He can't just shut down a private company. Twitter isn't a newspaper. So this will go before a court he will lose and all this while 100,000+people die.

He shuts it down he loses his voice to 80 million people. Then again he is that stupid

So Trump hates China but he does same shit. Awesome.

And the man-child throws another fit! He made me think of this song, 'Macho Man' cuz his having a fit makes the narcissist feel tough and macho! Go home Trumpy! VoteBlue VoteBlue2020 JoeBiden JoeBiden2020 Bring civility back to the White House

Dang Khrushchev was right they took America without firing a shot.

He lied, of course they should be fact checked

realDonaldTrump 👿 is continuing his plan to subvert November's election by muzzling America's press as the Nazi's Josef Goebells did in 30's!😡 1st Twitter, FB etc. Who's next? 😢🇺🇸

What's next on the cards? Great Firewall of USA?

Looks like Trump is adopting the China Censorship Model

Fascist gonna fascist.

National security?

First step of a dictator Read your history folks Germany 1936-39 Similarities are amazing Trump is a dictator We are losing our freedom And like Hitler his insanity will lead us to Ww3

He could just try being respectful and truthful and he wouldn't have a problem.

HE HAS NO POWER TO REGULATE PRIVATE COMPANIES.

He should. Fuck the media and their hatred. All they do is spread fear and hate towards Americans.

what if they weren't stifling conservative voices, they were simply reacting to lies, manipulation and abuse of T&C's - and it's just a HUUUUGE coincidence that it's mostly 'conservative voices' doing so. what then, Dear Leader?

TWITTER SHOULD SHUT DOWN TILL AFTER ELECTIONS...TRUMP WONT HAVE PLATFORM FOR HIS LIES

Hahaha trump got triggered!

Great attention!!!!

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Isn't this fake news?

Good course

Good. Time for the mainstream media to be put under the microscope next. Reuters is done!

Dictator much?

Trump wants to be a dictator just like his friend Kim!!!! Talking about bad influencer.

Who knew he could read and write 🤔

This is a defining time and your actions will tell how our future generations will see and evaluate you!!! Twitter jack Facebook MarkJukerberg

Good

Good job! Greatest president ever! Media should show respect

About time!

Freedom :))

USA 🇺🇸 freedom 😸

Now that's censorship!

Why is CNN turning a blind eye to whats happening in Minnesota ?Why is CNN refusing to have the KILLING OF GeorgeFloydWasMurdered by white police officers NOT being part of their BREAKING NEWS FakeNews=CNN , mainstream western media is Racist and part of the killing machine

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