Trump will sign executive order targeting social media companies for bias complaints, opening door for punishment
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Why would Fox be punished for bad news? If a Judge, or the authority governing this deems it OK because they politically align Right then there's not much people can do. Laws aren't equally enforced. The Right knows this. This is why they elect as many as they can in important positions -- especially Judges.
People out here still believe Trump is some political genius trying to distract from the pandemic.
No, his ego is actually just this fragile and he has never faced consequences in his entire life.
He's simply retaliating at what he sees a threat, and that's incredibly dangerous
No, his ego is actually just this fragile and he has never faced consequences in his entire life.
He's simply retaliating at what he sees a threat, and that's incredibly dangerous
Social media sites have no legal obligation to remain politically neutral. This is going to end up being an unforced error.
Twitter should just ban Trump, since they will now technically be liable for any bullshit he Tweets. Also, HOLY SHIT at this mother fucker coming for our 1st Amendment rights. He's getting ready for full on dictator mode now.
This is nothing. It's noise.
2. A rulemaking proceeding will take many months to finalize. It requires a period of notice and comment by the public. If the FCC starts tomorrow they still won't finish before the election.
3. The FCC doesn't even have to take the Commerce Department up on their petition.
This is the functional equivalent of Trump's previous efforts to deal with voter fraud: a series of initiatives or "investigations" that don't ultimately change anything because they're more rooted in momentary spite than in actually transforming the law.
1. This is a statute passed by Congress. The FCC does not have much authority to alter it unilaterally. Section 230 doesn't even protect platforms from the FCC: it protects them from private lawsuits or state fraud claims.
2. A rulemaking proceeding will take many months to finalize. It requires a period of notice and comment by the public. If the FCC starts tomorrow they still won't finish before the election.
3. The FCC doesn't even have to take the Commerce Department up on their petition.
This is the functional equivalent of Trump's previous efforts to deal with voter fraud: a series of initiatives or "investigations" that don't ultimately change anything because they're more rooted in momentary spite than in actually transforming the law.
Yeah, uh about that..... Trump also tweeted today that he actually wants congress to vote AGAINST renewing Section 215. Because Section 215 has the potential to hurt HIM, of course.
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy...rges-republicans-to-vote-against-spying-bill/
There isn't a shred of intelligence governing this man's decisions. No shrewd political long-game he's playing. It's only ever been about him, his ego, and his (criminally obtained) fortune. That doesn't mean he's not incredibly dangerous. He is.... but not just to us, but also to the GOP's long-term agenda. He will wreck literally everything just to protect himself.... or just because he's fucking pissed off at a social media company for fact checking a single tweet.
Like, ya'll seriously think Bitch McConnel and co actually signed off on this? This is an incredibly stupid move to be pulling during election season, and like every other stupid thing Trump has done without prior consultation, it has the potential to backfire REALLY badly.
The constitution according to what? He‘s got the Supreme Court. Can’t be understated how important this election is
its funny how they’re whining about social media when them and their foreign allies like Russia are masters of manipulating masses of people using social media.
lmao
This is asking a bunch of agencies to preliminarily develop processes for "review"
This kind of thing would take many months to even chart out, let alone implement.
On top of that, any movement is going to be met with rigorous legal challenge on its scope
It's a scare tactic.
This is asking a bunch of agencies to preliminarily develop processes for "review"
This kind of thing would take many months to even chart out, let alone implement.
On top of that, any movement is going to be met with rigorous legal challenge on its scope
It's a scare tactic.
On the one hand, the destruction of Facebook and social media as a whole
On the other, the destruction of constitutional rights
UGH
On the other, the destruction of constitutional rights
UGH
why are u so smart? yeah, same ol tactic of "drowning you with too many scandals" that you forget my other scandals.
Cmon guys, they ain't gonna win it, twitter has everyone agreeing to t&c before you use them, and they aren't obliged to provide the service to you. This is just another noise.
Covid is the one that is killing your country now, and trump wanna talk about other things.
Still hilarious people actually believe this. Trump is just that petty not a tactical genius.
End of social media would be the end of hundreds of thousands of jobs
Cutting the military budget in half would cost a ton of jobs too, but I still think we should do it. Just like cutting subsidies to coal, etc. Some jobs aren't worth keeping. Move the money elsewhere and make new, better jobs.
I‘m no lawyer but that sounds pretty impotent.
Nilay Patel from The Verge (and a former lawyer) seems to agree:
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Like nothing that he does is fully planned but the devil doesn’t care about how much damage he causes everywhere else as he is the worst thing to happen to America
You already know they don’t care about hypocrisy but I deadass saw a conservative say, “if it makes the liberals mad, it’s a good thing.”
Renato Mariotti on Twitter
“On the one hand, this is fairly toothless. On the other hand, it should alarm everyone that the President of their United States is using his power to go after companies based on their speech. Thank goodness we have a First Amendment. https://t.co/aZDY6OPnj0”
twitter.com
boooooooooootttttsssss!!!!Shut the site down for rampant Sony bias!
If social media companies considered to be publishers they're fucked. You may not see any go out of business but they will have to earmark millions of dollars just for attorneys fees, court costs, and the present value of out of court settlements.
We've gone full blown stupid, but this was a discussion that needed to happen prior to this whole stupid handmaid's tail crisis.
Just remember, he wasn't edited, deleted, or impeded. Two, TWO, tweets with lies in them had little links to fact checks added. It was the most toothless thing Twitter could do.
He responded to that pitiful little thing by screaming that he was being persecuted and his "free speech" stifled, and now is trying to suppress the independence of twitter with weak EOs.
He responded to that pitiful little thing by screaming that he was being persecuted and his "free speech" stifled, and now is trying to suppress the independence of twitter with weak EOs.
I see this and all I can think are there are a hundred thousand dead in about three months and close to 40 million unemployed.
Bots, maybe? I never go to gaming side
He can't actually change the constitution with an executive order. It's actually really specific about when the term starts and ends.
He is dumb enough to try, but everyone would just laugh at him.
Sorry fuck face, your precious constitution is going to torch your pompous ass here. Nice try, though.
No, the gambit has been and will continue to be casting as much doubt on the election as possible to try and get the election decided in the Supreme Court. Trump thinks he has a better chance at winning there since SCOTUS leans conservative and he put in two noms. That's why Twitter calling him out on THIS particular bullshit has him so enraged.