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Trump signs executive order which threatens social media companies

Stevicus

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Trump signs executive order threatening social-media companies after Twitter fact-checked his tweets

  • President Donald Trump signed an executive order Thursday seeking to crack down on social-media companies over allegations of bias against conservatives.
  • The move comes two days after Twitter fact-checked two of Trump's tweets pushing false claims about voting by mail.
  • Trump's executive order seeks to empower federal regulators to amend a statute that gives social-media companies broad authority to moderate speech on their platforms.
  • According to a leaked draft, the order seeks to create new regulations for how social-media companies are allowed to moderate speech, and it calls for the Federal Trade Commission to keep a list of complaints from users about political bias on social-media platforms.
  • First Amendment experts say Trump has "absolutely no legal authority" to regulate or shut down social-media companies when he disagrees with them, and his executive order will likely face tough pushback.
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The part I found interesting is that Trump is apparently trying to remove section 230 (of the Communications Decency Act) protections for social media.

According to a leaked draft of the order, Trump is primarily seeking to empower federal regulators to amend Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act, which gives social-media companies broad authority to moderate speech on their platforms.

Section 230 also stipulates that tech companies are not responsible for comments and other content that users post on their platforms.

Trump's order calls for tech companies to lose their Section 230 protection if they do anything to discriminate against users, restrict their access to a platform without giving them a fair hearing, or take other action that isn't in line with the terms of service.
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David1967

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Wandering Monk said:
An Act of Congress can't just be altered by the President unless some other legislation gives him the authority.
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I hope your right. But executive orders are very powerful. This is basically the president seizing control of the media. I hate to say it, but this is starting to resemble Germany in the early 1930s. How long before reporters that displease him get a late-night knock on their door? I really am concerned.
 
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David1967 said:
I hope your right. But executive orders are very powerful. This is basically the president seizing control of the media. I hate to say it, but this is starting to resemble Germany in the early 1930s. How long before reporters that displease him get a late-night knock on their door? I really am concerned.
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At any rate, the Supreme Court will undoubtedly be brought into this if Herr Drumpf continues.
 
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David1967 said:
I hope your right. But executive orders are very powerful. This is basically the president seizing control of the media. I hate to say it, but this is starting to resemble Germany in the early 1930s. How long before reporters that displease him get a late-night knock on their door? I really am concerned.
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I think there is ample reason to believe that Mr. Trump does what Mr. Trump thinks he can get away with doing. Should he ever come to believe he can retaliate against reporters with 'a knock at their door' you can lay money he will.
 
Sunstone

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Nowhere Man said:
Wow Trump really is turning back into a Democrat.
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Nice way of saying you're sticking up for him. Somehow it seems strange to me that Mr. Trump's approval rating with you seems only ever to go up with each new thing he does. Is it that you are cool with anything and everything he does so long as what he does 'sticks it' to people you fear and hate?

If so, that's kind of tragic because I actually like you.
 
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A side issue that was noted is that the Facebook CEO and Twitter's CEO have been swiping at each other a bit.

That said, the role of social media companies in combatting the spread of misinformation will likely be a recurring issue in the run-up to the election.

Just hours before Trump signed his executive order, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg took aim at Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey, telling Fox News in an interview, "I just believe strongly that Facebook shouldn't be the arbiter of truth of everything that people say online."

Dorsey hit back at Zuckerberg, tweeting, "We'll continue to point out incorrect or disputed information about elections globally. And we will admit to and own any mistakes we make. This does not make us an 'arbiter of truth.'"

He added: "Our intention is to connect the dots of conflicting statements and show the information in dispute so people can judge for themselves. More transparency from us is critical so folks can clearly see the why behind our actions."

Democrats have been heavily critical of social media companies, most prominently Facebook, that have refused to crack down on misinformation on their platforms.
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Stevicus said:
Trump signs executive order threatening social-media companies after Twitter fact-checked his tweets



The part I found interesting is that Trump is apparently trying to remove section 230 (of the Communications Decency Act) protections for social media.
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This is why Trump is not suited to lead. He's an entitled snowflake who clealr thinks the rules dont apply to him, and they shouldn't be followed, except selectively.
Trump's order calls for tech companies to lose their Section 230 protection if they do anything to discriminate against users, restrict their access to a platform without giving them a fair hearing, or take other action that isn't in line with the terms of service.
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Except people agree to have none of that when they agree to abide by the terms of usage in order to use these platforms.
He's just mad. Plain amd simple. A little baby crying because he cant get his way. This without doubt government overreach.
 
Kenny

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Stevicus said:
Trump signs executive order threatening social-media companies after Twitter fact-checked his tweets



The part I found interesting is that Trump is apparently trying to remove section 230 (of the Communications Decency Act) protections for social media.
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I am really interested... but I wanted to find the actual executive order and can't seem to find the verbiage... your site just goes from one piece to another. A google search didn't help either..

Do you have one?
 
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KenS said:
I am really interested... but I wanted to find the actual executive order and can't seem to find the verbiage... your site just goes from one piece to another. A google search didn't help either..

Do you have one?
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This is the draft https://assets.documentcloud.org/documents/6931604/EO-Preventing-Online-Censorship.pdf

I found it via a link on TechDirt The Two Things To Understand About Trump's Executive Order On Social Media: (1) It's A Distraction (2) It's Legally Meaningless
 
Shadow Wolf

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Nowhere Man said:
Wow Trump really is turning back into a Democrat.
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Would you feel the same had he instead singled out extremely one sided and unfair usage agreements that very heavily favor the company over consuner (with many denying consumer ownership).
 
Kenny

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David1967 said:
I hope your right. But executive orders are very powerful. This is basically the president seizing control of the media. I hate to say it, but this is starting to resemble Germany in the early 1930s. How long before reporters that displease him get a late-night knock on their door? I really am concerned.
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I am concerned with control over media as well as free expression. President LBJ did it to the churches in 1954. It's a shame that we have been conditioned that it is OK to do that.

I'm looking over the document now.
 
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