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Trump: We will regulate or 'close down' social media platforms before they silence conservatives
The Washington Times ^ | May 27, 2020 | David Sherfinski

Posted on 05/27/2020 8:10:55 AM PDT by kevcol

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To: kevcol

It’s happening

https://justthenews.com/government/white-house/trump-vows-strongly-regulate-social-media-after-twitter-flags-two-presidents

Twitter is completely screwed, and YouTube/FB might not be all that better off.


101 posted on 05/27/2020 4:24:25 PM PDT by thoughtomator (here comes the switch to Hillary)
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To: Mariner; FreedomNotSafety

“POTUS has no constitutional authority to shut down any element of social media.”

No, but he can break them up into little pieces like Standard Oil if they’re using monopolistic power to stifle competition. The question here is does Twitter’s behavior rise to that level?


102 posted on 05/27/2020 4:32:38 PM PDT by ScottfromNJ
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To: Savage Beast
Zuckerberg knocks Twitter for fact-checking Trump, says private companies shouldn't be 'the arbiter of truth'


103 posted on 05/27/2020 5:29:03 PM PDT by Brown Deer (America First!)
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To: thoughtomator
the White House has said President Donald Trump is preparing an executive order, Fox News' "Special Report" reported, responding to Twitter's recent actions, if not long-condemned bias against conservatives.

Trump had teased "big action" via Twitter on Wednesday morning:

"Twitter has now shown that everything we have been saying about them (and their other compatriots) is correct. Big action to follow!"


LINK
104 posted on 05/27/2020 5:30:45 PM PDT by kevcol
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To: kevcol
Twitter's "fact checker" Yoel Roth:


105 posted on 05/27/2020 5:33:11 PM PDT by kevcol
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To: 2aProtectsTheRest

In general, I agree, but these companies chose to become public entities instead of remaining private.

I believe that will be one of the points Trump will leverage.


106 posted on 05/27/2020 5:44:31 PM PDT by ConservativeMind (Trump: Befuddling Democrats, Republicans, and the Media for the benefit of the US and all mankind.)
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To: Sam Gamgee

What broadcast licenses? The Internet doesn’t have broadcast licenses


107 posted on 05/27/2020 6:12:48 PM PDT by bigdaddy45
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To: FreedomNotSafety
The US Constitution still applies to these conditions.

Yes it does. Efforts to prevent freedom of speech require the government to come down with full force on people denying the public right to freedom of speech.

There is nothing new about government t wishing to control private speech.

Whoa there! That is completely @$$ backwards. The government is required to *STOP* people who attempt to control speech.

These are privately owned businesses.

Requiring public participation. The public does not give up it's rights just because someone else owns the infrastructure through which they communicate. See Telephone Company.

The government should not enforce speech codes. You have no right to be heard.

Again, you have it deliberately @$$ backwards. The government absolutely has an obligation to *PREVENT* the enforcement of speech codes.

And yes, you D@mn sure do have just as much right to be heard as any other American. They cannot be allowed to censor political speech.

This is an existential point that I do not think you grasp. Allow this to continue, and you will in fact lose every other f***ing freedom you think is important.

This one freedom, "Freedom of Speech" is the only thing that allows the dictators to be controlled by the larger populace. If you are so stupid as to allow that to be loopholed through the "private" business claim, then you will see all other freedoms lost subsequently.

You need to ponder this. You act like you have no understanding of the eventual ramifications of this current status quo.

108 posted on 05/27/2020 6:43:50 PM PDT by DiogenesLamp ("of parents owing allegiance to no other sovereignty.")
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To: John Leland 1789; FreedomNotSafety
It is good that there are teeny tiny alternatives to facebook that are like buzzing gnats to it, but the real crises is the fact that it is *THE* place where the general public gathers.

It does no good to reach out to a tiny audience when the vast majority of people are at the normal public gathering place. The people who need to hear you won't hear you.

This is why Facebook and other silicon valley tech dictatorships needs to be broken. We cannot allow freedom of speech to be controlled by tech giants. They are already doing whatever China tells them to do, and we have now effectively government censorship of speech by China through the backdoor of "private" companies doing their bidding.

It will always be thus so long as private companies are allowed to censor speech.

109 posted on 05/27/2020 6:48:29 PM PDT by DiogenesLamp ("of parents owing allegiance to no other sovereignty.")
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To: kevcol

Poor guy’s first name sounds like an housecat’s interrupted climax.


110 posted on 05/27/2020 7:14:31 PM PDT by piasa (Attitude adjustments offered here free of charge.)
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To: ChildOfThe60s
"Facebook & Twitter have made themselves quite eligible for the same regulations that apply to TV, radio and the airways."

Yes. Exactly.

111 posted on 05/27/2020 7:31:08 PM PDT by Savage Beast (President Trump, praying for guidance, giving his salary to charity, is on the Side of the Angels.)
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To: DiogenesLamp

Well, when I signed up for usa.life, I was amazed how many of my Facebook friends had already opened accounts and had yet to promote it. It has to start somewhere. Thanks, though for your cynicism.


112 posted on 05/27/2020 7:44:06 PM PDT by John Leland 1789
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To: John Leland 1789

I used to think I was getting too cynical. As I got older, I realized you can never be too cynical. :)


113 posted on 05/27/2020 7:50:26 PM PDT by DiogenesLamp ("of parents owing allegiance to no other sovereignty.")
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To: kevcol

I am very relieved to see our President on top of this.


114 posted on 05/27/2020 9:12:29 PM PDT by dsc (As for the foundations of the Catholic faith, this pontificate is an outrage to reason.)
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To: 2aProtectsTheRest

Am not and never will be in favor of more regulations, restrictions, rules, or other government interference in private businesses.


These are not private businesses——these are publicly-held companies subject to SEC laws.
They raise money from the public and are traded on the stock exchange,

They “say” they are common carriers-—like planes, trains, cabs, buses........

Twitter is not a common carrier-——it is a publicly-held company subject to the laws of the SEC.

TWITTERS 2013 PROSPECTUS filed with the SEC

LINK-—https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1418091/000119312513390321/d564001ds1.htm


115 posted on 05/28/2020 2:15:08 AM PDT by Liz ( Our side has 8 trillion bullets; the other side doesn't know which bathroom to use.)
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To: crz

I would even go so far to say that the left is so out of control that Trump will have to resort to extra-Constitutional measures to resort some semblance of order.

In other words, short-term, we have to violate the Constitution in order to save it.

Flame away, conservative purists. For my part, I want to see the left crushed, even if it means dragging a few thousand leading commies in front of military tribunals.

And those few thousand commies would definitely include Zuckerberg, Dorsey, and their senior staff.


116 posted on 05/28/2020 8:08:02 AM PDT by Nothingburger
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To: bigdaddy45

Guess I’m confused. Are there any licenses required for the business Twitter and Facebook are in?


117 posted on 05/28/2020 10:58:46 AM PDT by Sam Gamgee
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To: kevcol

I believe President Trump will leave Twitter and go to a lesser known platform.. and when he does I want stock in that company!


118 posted on 05/28/2020 2:30:00 PM PDT by DivineMomentsOfTruth ("There is but one straight course, and that is to seek truth and pursue it steadily." -GW)
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To: Sam Gamgee

No. Do you think there should be?


119 posted on 05/28/2020 3:03:20 PM PDT by bigdaddy45
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To: DiogenesLamp

Does your standard apply to FreeRepublic as well? Should the government be required to stop monitors who delete liberal opinions and users?


120 posted on 05/28/2020 3:11:04 PM PDT by bigdaddy45
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