Twitter’s stock price is plummeting as President Donald Trump signs an executive order to challenge the social media platform and its anti-conservative bias. We all have seen how Twitter, much like Facebook and YouTube, pushes the Leftist agenda and favors the Democrats. But why should these platforms have power over communications when they do not play fairly? Here, Steve Turley explains Trump’s executive order and outlines how it could force Twitter — as well as Facebook — to become less rigid.
An executive order targeting social media censorship has leaked showing impending action and it seems Big Tech is scared.
The order directs the FCC to clarify what constitutes certain phrases under section 230 and could see Twitter, Facebook and YouTube lose liability protections if they run afoul.
Democrats currently want to outright revoke section 230 protections because they don’t like conservatives’ ability to communicate but conservatives don’t like Big Tech getting it both ways, being a publisher that can censor but also a platform that can’t get in trouble.
Many people, like Ben Shapiro and Robby Soave, feel that this could get back for the right and end up generating more censorship. I disagree, however, as this EO would restrict what could be censored. More from Tim Pool.
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