Trump drafting executive order to force social media to show content he likes

True Blue Media ^ | 8/8/19 | Lisa Needham

[Eleutheria5]

Keeping its focus on what really matters, the Trump White House is currently circulating drafts of an executive order that would address "anti-conservative bias" in social media.

The exact contents of the executive order are unclear, but it is definitely not going to be good. One unnamed official who Politico spoke to offered the conservative rationale for the move: "If the internet is going to be presented as this egalitarian platform and most of Twitter is liberal cesspools of venom, then at least the president wants some fairness in the system."

Of course, there is no anti-conservative bias in social media. That's a right-wing trope that has been repeatedly debunked. Yes, certain conservative figures have been banned from leading social media platforms — but not for being conservative. They've been banned for unleashing racist mobs on other Twitter users and spreading dangerous conspiracy theories all over Facebook. That's not banning someone for their views, conservative or otherwise; it's banning them for their egregious behavior.

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[DoodleDawg]

I suppose you believe that it wasn't the government's anti-trust laws that took down the monopoly that Microsoft once was.

I suppose you don't believe they took down AT&T for being a monopoly either.........

Laws, not Executive Orders. Laws have penalties that can be enforced.

[bert]

To be conservative is by definition of progressive Ameritrash racist

The writer has free speech but as an enemy must be destroyed

[Eddie01]

This sight sucks.

I’ve gotten the “no thanks” from more credible sources than this.

What’s next, we link to DU threads?

Please block this nonsense.

[ctdonath2]

I expect there will be an adjustment of common-carrier and liability laws.
Basically: either let everyone post, or be liable for any illegal post.
Yes there are laws which can be prosecuted, just bead to tweak rules about how they apply.

[D Rider]

One of the most dangerous conspiracy theories being circulated by conservatives is that liberals are leftists spouting socialist propaganda, which they try to back up by showing recordings of liberal leftists spouting socialist propaganda. Since many of them are racial minorities, this kind of thing is banned hate speech.

Unbelievable, don't you just hate those people! They should all be killed with machetes! /s

[Lakeshark]

Do you really believe that his executive orders aren't a prelude to enforcing existing anti-trust laws?

These companies are nothing if not a perfect example of companies anti-trust laws are supposed to break up.

Oh right, you're one of those that let's these companies hide behind their facade of being "private" and not touchable by government entities.

[antidemoncrat]

“Shareblue Media, formerly known as Blue Nation Review or Shareblue, is an American liberal news website owned by the journalist and political activist David Brock.”

David Brock...enough said.

[lurk]

Well that’s not a leaning headline.

[semimojo]

Basically: either let everyone post, or be liable for any illegal post.

Do you really think that's a good idea? To ban any moderation of content?

Can you point out a site that allows absolutely everything to be posted that we could use as a model?

[The Truth Will Make You Free]

What a TOTALLY BIASED headline!

[God luvs America]

LOL- we know what they are thinking, how they act and what they plan to do...its long past time for the GOP to step up their game...

[Eleutheria5]

Now he’s a political activist? What ever happened to his old job as sell-out, whore and turncoat?

[Eleutheria5]

It does own the exemption from civil liability for content. “I’m just a neutral platform. I didn’t tell him to dox and slander you so you can’t sue me” doesn’t work if you’re a publisher and not a platform.