Posted on 05/28/2020 9:29:20 AM PDT by Mariner
A draft of an executive order that President Donald Trump may sign as soon as Thursday could dramatically expand the government's ability to punish social media platforms, marking the Trump administration's most aggressive salvo yet in its battle against alleged anti-conservative bias on platforms including Twitter and Facebook.
A draft of the expansive executive order, circulated to stakeholders and obtained by Protocol late Wednesday night, would pull multiple levers of governmental power — including federal agencies, the U.S. attorney general and the White House — in order to blast the tech giants over allegations that their platforms censor conservative voices. The executive order comes on the heels of a bitter, days-long fight over Twitter's decision to fact-check one of Trump's recent tweets — and five months before the presidential election, signaling that Trump believes it could be a galvanizing issue for his base amid a pandemic that has killed more than 100,000 people in the U.S.
"Big Tech is doing everything in their very considerable power to CENSOR in advance of the 2020 Election," Trump tweeted on Wednesday night. "If that happens, we no longer have our freedom. I will never let it happen! They tried hard in 2016, and lost. Now they are going absolutely CRAZY. Stay Tuned!!!"
(Excerpt) Read more at protocol.com ...
He could direct all executive branch agencies and employees of the executive branch to stay off those platforms.
I like your optimistic views! And I agree Trump and his team plan these events like a war game or chess game if you will. They know in advance what moves they will make and they already have the next several steps and plan,a,b,c or more ready for whatever they do.
take care, enjoy the show
CD
Any leverage over Twitter can be just as easily exerted over FR.
Just wait for the next Democratic administration.
It’s too late for them to alter it as they’ve been operating under deceptive practices for way too long. The damage is done and convicting them will be trivial.
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