I support President Trump in most things but I am a little confused under what authority does he have to issue an Executive Order to a private business?
It will be interesting to see how he does this.
It’s not an order to the business. It will be an order to the bureaucracy to take some action targeting Twitter, et al.
A minefield, but Dems would do it anyway next time they’re in charge.
How does a Federal judge force a user of a private business to stop blocking people who are harassing him?
Examine that for your answer.
"judge" Naomi Reice Buchwald [a Rapin Bill Resistance judge from SD New York] ruled that Trump couldn't block targeted harassers - a behavior that is against Twitter rules.
The Second Circuit Court of Appeals [an appeals court centered in the New York area that is mostly in the hands of the Resistance] affirmed that the Federal bench can run Twitter how it pleases.
A three-judge panel on the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, in New York, ruled unanimously that targeted harrassment is A-OK if they say so - even if it's TOTALLY against Twitter rules.
Two Baby Bush squishes from the Second Circuit [Barrington Parker Jr. the Third and Peter W. Hall], and a Clownbammy "judge" [Christopher F. Droney, who thankfully bailed from the Federal Appeals bench at the young age of 65] to top it all off.
None of these ignorant buffoons has the slightest idea how social media in general, and Twitter in particular, work.
They've never gotten their hands dirty with computers if they're over a "certain age".
Buchwald is 75, Barrington is 76, Hall is 71 and Droney is 65.
We used to mock people like these when I was in IT - making decisions about technology without having any idea how it works.
Their grandchildren know more about it.
[...what authority does he have to issue an Executive Order to a private business?”
The answer is Trump has no authority to dictate to a business. What Trump DOES have authority over is the law enforcement apparatus; so if you want to conduct yourself as a ‘Platform’, you will be treated one way, if you begin to act like a ‘Publisher’, the laws are applied and enforced differently.
Trump will direct he law enforcement activities as it relates to the legal protections Twitter and Facebook have heretofore enjoyed, but have put in jeopardy.
Facebook and Twitter will now enjoy legal exposure for their actions.
The same way Harry Truman nationalized the steel industry, or threatened to.
Utilities are not private businesses.
and that is what these monolithic companies have turned into .
He needs to go after them all
FB Twit, goog Amazon, Utube, Insta, snapchat, and others.
He may be doing it under the “publisher.”
Which would be an interesting battle. Are platforms like Twitter, Facebook, Free Republic...publishers? This concept was hashed through a few years ago. It is interesting that President Trump brings up again.
His tweet on mail-in voting wasn’t exactly false. And as more primary mail-in voting turns up in the oddest of places...I think it was a very realistic statement.
Twitter saying it was false/fake though was clearly disingenuous and manipulative.
Read here: https://www.city-journal.org/html/platform-or-publisher-15888.html
The dominant social media companies must choose: if they are neutral platforms, they should have immunity from litigation. If they are publishers making editorial choices, then they should relinquish this valuable exemption.