Posted on 05/27/2020 4:37:25 PM PDT by RandFan
@JackPosobiec
BREAKING: President Trump to sign Executive Order on Social Media Censorship
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They voted for it, let them suffer.
UPDATE!
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President Trump will reportedly sign an executive order on Thursday that mandates a review of a law that shields companies like Twitter, Google and Facebook from being held liable for the content appearing on their platforms after fact checks for the first time were added to two of his tweets.
The executive order Trump is expected to sign would direct the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to propose and clarify regulations stipulated under Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act, according to a draft copy obtained by Reuters. Section 230 protects social media platforms from facing lawsuits over what users share, though there are exceptions when it comes to copyright violations and breaches of federal criminal law.
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An alteration to Section 230 could have wide-ranging consequences over how websites moderate comments and other posts shared on their platforms.
The order reportedly requests that the FCC evaluate whether social media companies should lose the Section 230 protections they enjoy if they take actions related to editing content. It also would direct the FCC to review whether any social media company uses deceptive content moderation polices and if they violate their own terms of service.
The final executive order could change before it is signed by Trump, Reuters noted.
A draft of the order also reportedly includes a directive for the White House Office of Digital Strategy to recreate a tool that gives Americans the opportunity to report alleged instances of censorship online. The so-called White House Tech Bias Reporting Tool would receive those complaints and submit them to the Justice Department and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC)
The FTC would then be required to consider taking action and examine whether the complaints violated the law. The attorney general would also be directed to create a working group that assesses content moderation practices from social media companies.
Twitter’s decision on Tuesday to fact-check the president’s tweets represented the first time the social media company has taken that step for one of its most prominent users
An EO for a review doesn’t bother me at all. I’m hoping for it. Much better than the initial ‘shut them down!’ hype.
Unleashing the FTC and FCC on them might work. Unlimited fines.
I think everyone pretty much disagreed with her arrest.
no. you need to read the history of breaking up monopolies and trusts and FCC regulation powers. FCC can regulate. This is not your typical private business google/youtube/Twitter.FB constitute a cabal to control political speech and elections.
Glad i could clear up your confusion.
I realize this is an attractive argument but it isn't reality. In fact it ignores the heart of the issue.
We have a law called the Communications Decency Act that specifically addresses this situation. It arose because people were wanting to sue Prodigy for moderating posts on their system.
Congress thought the fear of liability would hinder the growth of the internet so they explicitly gave protection to service providers to moderate content and restrict users.
We may wish that wasn't the case and we may think it isn't fair, but it's the current state of the law.
This is the same law, by the way, that let's Jim delete FR posts and zot users without fear of being sued, so think about what it means if you throw it out.
FR is a user of Facebook, Twitter, Google which are public service providers. This is the difference between a conference call of users and the telephone company service provider.
You summed it up very well. Thanks.
Do it.
And do it very quickly.
Fixing an election is a National Emergency.
Twitter pushed the nuclear option, Trump is rightfully and correctly responding.
The R’s must be planning to Ballot Harvest just like the D’s, or have some method of ensuring that Trump gets re-elected. Bulk mailed ballots to all registered voters is a recipe for a Biden landslide.
Otherwise, this is just an act of temporary public embarrassment for the coup plotters.
If Biden gets elected, his AG will drop all charges and the Flynn case (and Mandamus appeal) will have firmly and freshly set the precedent that the DOJ determines who gets prosecuted. Or, Biden will pardon the whole bunch “to put the matter behind us”.
I can’t seem to find any post of yours going crazy hysterical over it, with big talk over the constitution and what not, like you are doing now. And I looked.
Help me out here.
Rush is a user of a communication system; not a provider of that communications service.
I honestly haven’t cared that much about the covid mess. I believe people should be careful and normally wear masks in public until the all clear is given, but that’s about it. It’s just not my ‘thing’ to talk about. But nice strawman though.
I honestly haven’t cared that much about the covid mess. I believe people should be careful and normally wear masks in public until the all clear is given, but that’s about it. It’s just not my ‘thing’ to talk about. But nice strawman though.
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