Trump warns he'll 'monitor the censorship' on social media after Facebook banned some far-right lead

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https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2019/05/03/trump-jr-accuses-facebook-silencing-conservatives-day-after-it-bans-some-far-right-users/?utm_source=reddit.com&utm_term=.b34546a7ac2a

By Tony Romm at the Washington Post

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President Trump on Friday threatened to “monitor" social-media sites for their “censorship of AMERICAN CITIZENS,” a day after Facebook permanently banned far-right figures and organizations including the conspiracy theory site InfoWars.

Trump’s subtle threat -- delivered in a series of tweets -- marked the president’s latest broadside against Silicon Valley, which he has repeatedly accused of unfairly targeting and removing conservative users and their views. Facebook, Google and Twitter strongly deny the allegations of political bias.

Donald J. Trump

✔@realDonaldTrump

I am continuing to monitor the censorship of AMERICAN CITIZENS on social media platforms. This is the United States of America — and we have what’s known as FREEDOM OF SPEECH! We are monitoring and watching, closely!!

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Facebook and the White House did not respond to a request for comment. The First Amendment pertains to government regulation of speech, not tech giants’ efforts to craft and implement their own policies that seek to prevent harassment and abuse online.



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Trump sure is protective of that space he carved out in the public sphere for white supremacists, conspiracy theorists and others.

[EveHammond13]

1. GOP refuses to debate opponents, blacklists & slanders reporters...

threatens Dem pols (pipe bombs, NRA snuff videos), calls media "enemy of the people," arrests office visitors, demands NDAs, never answers phones, no WH press briefings, sues twitter users, but claim THEY are being unfairly shut out. #Khashoggi #RedHen

[Stinky The Clown]

2. Fuck you, you orange maggot.

[Thekaspervote]

10. Luv the image... thx

[backscatter712]

3. Trump is the next festering crotch waffle that needs to be deplatformed.

[spanone]

4. He has no clue how this nation works. Not a solitary clue.

[A HERETIC I AM]

12. Michael Moore aptly pointed out.,......

That he has no love, nor understanding of Democracy, because his history is as a CEO of a privately held company. People did what he said, WHEN he said to do it. He had no board of directors or shareholders to answer to. He had no fear of being voted out of his position at the top and he surrounded himself with people who would willingly kiss his ass.

This mindset is completely antithetical to democratic ideals and precisely the reason why so-called "Businessmen" make really shitty political leaders.

[bdamomma]

14. which

makes him easy to beat.

[struggle4progress]

5. "If you shut down our Russian bots, we'll come for you!"

[DesertRat]

6. He's ranting about "the wonderful Diamond and Silk"

(aka Zircon and Polyester)

Link to tweet

@realDonaldTrump
The wonderful Diamond and Silk have been treated so horribly by Facebook. They work so hard and what has been done to them is very sad - and we’re looking into. It’s getting worse and worse for Conservatives on social media!

[A HERETIC I AM]

13. "And we're looking into."

Translation;

"It upsets me that idiots can't fawn over me to the extent I would like without people saying they are idiots. But there is really fuck all I can do about it, but don't tell anyone."

[Girard442]

7. Tossing some chunks of red meat to the Deplorables.

[Volaris]

8. If those users checked the EULA box, no they don't have any such thing as freedom of speech.

Trump is just as ignorant on this as he is on everything else.
Fuckin dipshit...

[gldstwmn]

9. Facebook

isn't covered under the free speech rule orange dumb ass. It's a publicly held company with shareholders. You remember what that is right? Jesus, I can't with him.

[sarcasmo]

11. Dictator Don learning from Vlad, control the Internet control the populace.

[bdamomma]

15. if he loves

Vlad so much he should move to Russia.

[Mc Mike]

16. Funny how he could never monitor what those nazi fans of his were saying, before.

[dalton99a]

17. NEXT: Lindsey Graham proposes Senate bill to establish Department of Truth

to protect America from bad influences

"We must protect every American's right to hear the truth from the president, and we must punish those who spread information that contradicts the president," said Sen. Graham