Posted on 05/16/2020 2:42:17 PM PDT by knighthawk
Trump attacks tech giants for being controlled by ''radical left''
Washington, May 16 (IANS) US President Donald Trump on Saturday once again attacked tech giants like Google, Facebook and Twitter for being controlled by ''radical left, adding that the US administration is working to address the alleged political bias against the conservatives on social media platforms.
Trump said in the tweet: "The Radical Left is in total command & control of Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and Google."
"The Administration is working to remedy this illegal situation. Stay tuned, and send names & events," he added.
Trump has regularly slammed tech giants for allowing political bias against conservatives on their platforms.
He has called on the Congress to pass a legislation that would clamp down on the tech firms, specifically saying that Twitter should be fined for engaging in ''possible illegal'' activity.
Trump''s tweet came after reports surfaced that federal and state regulators are preparing to file an anti-trust lawsuit against Google.
Trump and fellow Republicans have time and again accused tech giants, including Google, of bias against conservative viewpoints.
Trump last year lashed out at Google for manipulating millions of votes in the 2016 presidential elections in favour of then Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton.
"Wow, Report Just Out! Google manipulated from 2.6 million to 16 million votes for Hillary Clinton in 2016 Election! This was put out by a Clinton supporter, not a Trump Supporter! Google should be sued. My victory was even bigger than thought," Trump had tweeted.
In a statement, Google said: "This researcher''s inaccurate claim has been debunked since it was made in 2016. As we stated then, we have never re-ranked or altered search results to manipulate political sentiment."
Trump has also criticised Google CEO Sundar Pichai for alleged ties to election tampering and China''s military.
And this is news how? Time for conservatives to put that entrepreneurial spirit to work and come up with a conservative alternative to social media, just like with Conservapedia to take the place of Wikipedia.
I don’t see where FB and Twitter are tech.
Social “Science” maybe.
And just to show us all that they are giving us a big middle finger at all times, Twitter immediately took down the Malkin video.
He should have done this immediately after the mid terms. Not enough time before November to stop them from giving the rats
a huge advantage,
L8r
Is this perception why Trump did not move quickly and decisively to take out the H1B visa program?
Also needs to go after PBS and NPR.
Trump should have done it first term. But he did not have Barr.
These are de facto monopolies.
Time to bust the trusts!
Alex Jones had Laura Loomer on his show yesterday and they were hammering Trump about all the censorship going on with those companies and getting away with it. Quite a coincidence that Trump would make a tweet about it today.
By jove, I think you've got it!
It sounds tyrannical to bust up these companies, whether they are run by leftists are not. De facto monopoly is tyrant talk for I want what you have.
Who are their competitors? There aren’t any
They are electricity? No. They are optional.
How can 4 companies be a monopoly? Mono = one.
The thread directly above this one is about DOJ filing an antitrust suit against Google.
Who are their competitors?
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They are electricity? No. They are optional.
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They are not optional for anyone who wants to have a chance of prevailing against the left. If you don’t like a leftist controlled Twitter, finding a substitute is not as easy as, say, finding a substitute brand of cell phone, grocery store, coffee shop, auto tire, etc. We can’t wait another 10 years before a substitute U-Tube becomes sufficiently able to allow us to get our message out.
How can 4 companies be a monopoly? Mono = one.
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You want to get technical? OK — they are an oligopoly that is run by people who all think socialist. They are using their economic freedom to destroy economic freedom. As far as conservatives are concerned, the oligopoly is no better than a monopoly.
I support leaving these companies alone and I don’t support “conservatives” who feel it is OK to mess with these businesses.
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