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President Trump Rips Into Social Media Censorship
dailycaller.com ^ | 08/18/2018

Posted on 08/18/2018 8:42:11 AM PDT by Helicondelta

President Donald Trump took aim at social media platforms early Saturday morning, criticizing them for suppressing and even attempting to silence conservative voices.

“They are closing down the opinions of many people on the Right …” he complained in a tweet.

Trump’s tweets followed the news that Facebook had been caught outright blocking videos from the conservative organization PragerU

The president continued by claiming that censorship is “a very dangerous thing & absolutely impossible to police,” pointing out the fact that although he has often complained about “Fake News,” he has never moved to silence his critics.

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KEYWORDS: banconservatives; censorship; facebook; fakenews; frontpage; internet; trump; twitter; usblegitimate
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To: Helicondelta
So facebook and twittter have made it clear that they are biased against traditional conservative values. They have also made it clear that they will increase their censorship methods. These companies are going to alienate a huge chunk of society.

It seems to me that there is a wide open free market opportunity for a social media company that would support freedom of speech.

41 posted on 08/19/2018 7:31:23 PM PDT by GregoTX
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Wouldn’t the President benefit more from any kind of attack (God forbid), than the opposition? He’s the Commander in Chief.


42 posted on 08/20/2018 12:31:51 AM PDT by Alt Right (If Trump is impeached, DC burns.)
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To: Alt Right

Not if all the social media sites ban him and the gaslight press gets to control the narrative.


43 posted on 08/20/2018 7:12:10 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum (<img src="http://i.imgur.com/WukZwJP.gif" width=400><p> zXSEP5Z, xnKL3lW, XywCCJd, hGhstl4.)
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