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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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Developments to follow (if any) Developing story...

(Excerpt) Read more at twitter.com ...


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: RandFan; All

UPDATE:

Trump signs EO:

https://twitter.com/thehill/status/1266105569733214209


541 posted on 05/28/2020 1:42:29 PM PDT by RandFan
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To: RandFan

Neil Cavuto having a nervous breakdown over this.
He’s getting very close to hysterics......


542 posted on 05/28/2020 1:47:34 PM PDT by Jrabbit
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To: KTM rider

Thanks. That is a step in the right direction


543 posted on 05/28/2020 3:13:06 PM PDT by Steve Van Doorn (*in my best Eric Cartman voice* 'I love you, guys')
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To: bigdaddy45
"his(Trump) immature Twitter tantrums have proved him to be his own worst enemy"

Show me one you don't like. The ones i seen are great.
Granted i don't follow them that closely

544 posted on 05/28/2020 3:23:55 PM PDT by Steve Van Doorn (*in my best Eric Cartman voice* 'I love you, guys')
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To: bigdaddy45
"a private company has EVERY right to deny your freedom of speech!"

What is on social media does not apply to any type of contract law. Meaning all other forms of contracts they're required by law to inform you that you're not in compliance with said contract.

You clearly don't understand what they've been doing. I lost 10's of thousands of dollars defending Trump in a public forum. The admin of the site called me a racists and made a list of everyone they intended to ban including me.
Another admin was upset this list was created and leaked it and lost his position. About a year later they changed some rules that pigeon hold me they took my account away and I had no legal recourse because as my lawyer said. I broke obscure new rule that was never informed to me. they would have to admit to the judge that it had to do with me being a "raciest"

Social media contract you sign when you first join does not apply to you. I head to learn this the hard way.

545 posted on 05/28/2020 3:39:56 PM PDT by Steve Van Doorn (*in my best Eric Cartman voice* 'I love you, guys')
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To: Steve Van Doorn

How in the world could being banned on a public forum cost you tens of thousands of dollars?


546 posted on 05/28/2020 4:04:19 PM PDT by bigdaddy45
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To: Monty22002

“This is a tough one. These are private companies that in theory should be able to delete or ban him at will. No different than FR. If they want to be liberal, conservatives need an alternative.”

You’re right: IF they want to advocate for a position. However, the social media companies have said they’re just utilities providing a platform, posters are responsible for content.

Once they pick a side, then THEY are responsible for their content—and liable for lawsuits, just like newspapers.

It’s a no-win situation for them. Do they advocate for liberal positions AND take responsibility for their content? Or do they cut back their advocacy?


547 posted on 05/28/2020 4:24:15 PM PDT by Forgiven_Sinner (Seek you first the kingdom of God, and all things will be given to you.)
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To: itsahoot

NO one has articulated how this is constitutional. You need to wise up.


548 posted on 05/28/2020 4:55:36 PM PDT by Salvavida
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To: nwrep

How are we going to know, they have perfected the art of “shadow banning”


549 posted on 05/28/2020 5:26:38 PM PDT by KTM rider ( .......than to post and remove all doubt)
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To: Helicondelta

Absolutely. A government by Dictatorship is much easier than trying to run a Free Constitutional Republic. Just ask Hitler.

The only winners in a Free Constitutional Republic are the people.


550 posted on 05/28/2020 5:36:36 PM PDT by Jim W N (MAGA by restoring the Gospel of the Grace of Christ and our Free Constitutional Republic!)
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To: SmokingJoe

I get it. The Delusional Lying Leftist and their utter unconstitutional tyranny gives Trump the legitimate right and power for unconstitutional acts as well. How stupid.

That does NOT Make America Great Again.

What has ALWAYS made America great? The freaking government??? NO!!!

What made America great and will make America great again is a people free to live their lives and follow their own pursuits is what made America great. It’s why so many have died to get here and what they died to defend.


551 posted on 05/28/2020 5:45:33 PM PDT by Jim W N (MAGA by restoring the Gospel of the Grace of Christ and our Free Constitutional Republic!)
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To: thoughtomator

If government successfully sheds the Supreme Rule of the Law of the Land, the Constitution, the ONLY legal protection against federal tyranny, then we most certainly are under the totalitarian Rule of the Whims of Man, and America is gone.


552 posted on 05/28/2020 5:48:41 PM PDT by Jim W N (MAGA by restoring the Gospel of the Grace of Christ and our Free Constitutional Republic!)
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To: NobleFree

The 14th Amendment was a Post Civil War Reconstruction Amendment meant to give ex-slaves full citizenship.

That is ALL the ratifiers of the 14th Amendment intended. The Delusion Lying Left has turned the Constitution on it head to make the feds a basic totalitarian power and too many people on the Right and here on FR either don’t get it, are duped by it, don’t care, or some mixture thereof.

The certainly is not the road to recovering America’s greatness. It’s the road to disaster.


553 posted on 05/28/2020 5:55:14 PM PDT by Jim W N (MAGA by restoring the Gospel of the Grace of Christ and our Free Constitutional Republic!)
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To: thoughtomator

Article II, Section 1 is not a specific enumerated power. It defines the Executive Branch created to “execute” the constitutional and valid laws of Congress, the Legislative Branch.


554 posted on 05/28/2020 5:59:51 PM PDT by Jim W N (MAGA by restoring the Gospel of the Grace of Christ and our Free Constitutional Republic!)
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To: Responsibility2nd

Well the Internet is getting very, very, very close to being declared a “Utility”.

Especially now, with many more people working from home.

This would give the government a whole hellhole of control!


555 posted on 05/28/2020 6:17:00 PM PDT by djf (Better to be anecdotally alive than clinically dead!)
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To: RandFan

This is it! This is the big fight. Silicon valley tech fascists.

We’ve beaten the print media fascists.

We’ve beaten the Hollywood media fascists.

We’ve beaten the cable news media fascists...

The last refuge for leftists are University campuses and silicon valley overlords.

The battle is joined!!!!


556 posted on 05/28/2020 6:20:28 PM PDT by pacificus
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To: bigdaddy45

I’m sorry. I wasn’t clear. The forum was the official web site for the company. The admin brought up politics in a NONE political site and I disagreed with that admin. The account that was lost was a program that can only be accessed through their company.


557 posted on 05/28/2020 7:06:54 PM PDT by Steve Van Doorn (*in my best Eric Cartman voice* 'I love you, guys')
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To: lapsus calami

Thanks yours is the most reasonable way of explaining this and avoids others going into the hysteria of you’re going to stop capitalsim you’re not really a conservative hypeherbally.


558 posted on 05/28/2020 7:29:14 PM PDT by Recovering Ex-hippie ( BEST ELECTION EVER....MAGA)
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To: Jim W N

Terrific.. like all that is going to be really important when we lose the election because Facebook Twitter Google use their platforms to censor all conservative comments thoughts tweets Etc

Yeah tell me about government control then you’ve got the left controlling the internet and then they become the government .. a lot of good your harangues are going to be about how Trump is destroying our country by trying to put a lid I’m leftist internet fascism


559 posted on 05/28/2020 7:36:04 PM PDT by Recovering Ex-hippie ( BEST ELECTION EVER....MAGA)
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To: Jim W N

now look at what the EO actually says and all will become clear


560 posted on 05/28/2020 9:14:18 PM PDT by thoughtomator (here comes the switch to Hillary)
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