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BREAKING: President Trump to sign Executive Order on Social Media Censorship
Twitter ^ | 27 May 2020 | Jack Posobiec

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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TOPICS: Breaking News; Constitution/Conservatism; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: braking; censorbusting; censorship; internet; section230; socialmedia; technotyranny; trump; trumpeo; trumpsocialmedia; trumptwitter; twitter
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To: thoughtomator

They stepped in it big time. Needs to be a hands off approach especially in an election year. I’ve noted that they NEVER fact check democrat leaders or activist “journalists.” Personally I think their biggest risk is election law violations. They are providing massive aid to the democrat party and Biden.


321 posted on 05/27/2020 8:46:50 PM PDT by StolarStorm
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To: thoughtomator

I don’t see any avalanche coming, or any EO either. They might not do another edit, that’s about all we can hope for. If they keep doing it, there may be some real fallout, we’ll see.


322 posted on 05/27/2020 8:47:50 PM PDT by Monty22002
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To: RandFan

I just went back over and learned my way around YES the format is SO MUCH BETTER, I am a HAPPY woman!! Dan Bongino just posted also HAPPY HAPPY!! I think twitter just screwed the pooch!!! Much, much better site!!


323 posted on 05/27/2020 8:48:52 PM PDT by Trump Girl Kit Cat (Yosemite Sam raising hell)
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To: Trump Girl Kit Cat

Charlie Kirk on there too.

I’m following him.


324 posted on 05/27/2020 8:51:57 PM PDT by RandFan
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To: Phillyred

I will not support an unconstitutional act by anyone. I don’t follow group think.


325 posted on 05/27/2020 8:53:51 PM PDT by Salvavida
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To: Husker24
I honestly don’t see what an executive order can accomplish in this venue.

Guess it is a good thing you aren't signing it then.

326 posted on 05/27/2020 8:54:11 PM PDT by itsahoot (Welcome to the New USA where Islam is a religion of peace and Christianity is a mental disorder.)
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To: Responsibility2nd

Yep and I hope he does it.


327 posted on 05/27/2020 8:56:28 PM PDT by Twink
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To: Phillyred

This “free market will solve this” is complete ridiculous foolish nonsense! These corporations can stomp us all day long. They literally control information and political speech at this point and are in bed with foreign and domestic governments. They are monsters and a constitutional threat like no other.


Democrat Obama: They bring a knife, we bring a gun

Doctrinaire armchair conservatives/liberterians/whatevers: Thank you sir, may I have another?

What some fail to see here is that we are losing. The left and its corportist allies now firmly control nearly all our institutions: media, government, judiciary, education, etc.

Fight back now or lose our Constitional rights forever. It’s that simple.


328 posted on 05/27/2020 8:57:02 PM PDT by lodi90
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To: DesertRhino

Nancy Pelosie has investments in Facebook....I suspect she’ll support FaceBook regardless.


329 posted on 05/27/2020 8:58:24 PM PDT by caww
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To: P-Marlowe

Thank you for this post! I wish every poster understood the law.


330 posted on 05/27/2020 9:00:51 PM PDT by Twink
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To: Lurking Libertarian
Legally, the Government can't do that, any more than they can require Free Republic to publish liberal articles

D@mn straight, next thing you know they will order us to wear a mask and get no closer than 6 feet and prevent churches from meeting and singing. He can't do that and he can't stop twitter either.

331 posted on 05/27/2020 9:00:58 PM PDT by itsahoot (Welcome to the New USA where Islam is a religion of peace and Christianity is a mental disorder.)
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To: StolarStorm

That is indeed another serious risk.

An additional risk still will be with the SEC, as the editorial policy was surely a material omission in their filings.


332 posted on 05/27/2020 9:01:33 PM PDT by thoughtomator (here comes the switch to Hillary)
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To: DesertRhino

Thank You for this post!!!


333 posted on 05/27/2020 9:02:15 PM PDT by Twink
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To: CIB-173RDABN
It will be interesting to see how he does this.

The same way Harry Truman nationalized the steel industry, or threatened to.

334 posted on 05/27/2020 9:03:13 PM PDT by itsahoot (Welcome to the New USA where Islam is a religion of peace and Christianity is a mental disorder.)
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To: StolarStorm

Someone on twitter kept documenting all the lies @AOC was coming out with. Not fact checked of course.


335 posted on 05/27/2020 9:05:16 PM PDT by RandFan
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To: semimojo
Imposing those restrictions would clearly be a taking by government because it would destroy their businesses.

You mean sort of like the Governors of insane states are doing to all their private businesses by refusing to let them open for business? You mean a taking without paying like the taking with out paying that they are already doing? How dare him.

336 posted on 05/27/2020 9:10:14 PM PDT by itsahoot (Welcome to the New USA where Islam is a religion of peace and Christianity is a mental disorder.)
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To: Bommer
Does an EO have any real teeth for privately owned companys?

As long as the government has taxing and regulating powers you don't really own anything. Get over it we are all just renting from our creator.

337 posted on 05/27/2020 9:12:33 PM PDT by itsahoot (Welcome to the New USA where Islam is a religion of peace and Christianity is a mental disorder.)
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To: Osage Orange

FR has a FaceBook page


338 posted on 05/27/2020 9:15:36 PM PDT by Fai Mao (There is no justice until The PIAPS is legally executed)
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To: Meatspace
Trump can't order that. They are private companies and can censor if they want to and they have been doing that, such as shadow banning people, etc.

But as Rush said today, social media companies are empty vessels and are not subject to libel laws because people can write whatever they want to and are just using the platform of the social media companies. All of them are empty vessels such as Reddit, etc.

But if they add their own content (such as fact checking a tweet), then they are subject to libel laws.

Rush compared a social media company to a bookstore, which makes a lot of sense.

But private companies can censor. The 1st amendment only applies to the government, so I don't think this has anything to do with forcing them to allow conservative content. The courts would never permit it.

339 posted on 05/27/2020 9:17:36 PM PDT by Dave W
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To: KTM rider
How difficult would it really

Very.

340 posted on 05/27/2020 9:20:08 PM PDT by itsahoot (Welcome to the New USA where Islam is a religion of peace and Christianity is a mental disorder.)
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