Trump’s Executive Order about working of Social Media

in #freespeech4 years ago


I was not surprised by Trump's latest move regarding social media considering the overall election campaign. He is going to pass on presidential order which could place many social media companies in spotlight for content published on their platform.

This could make things worse because suppose it this is implemented then we could witness more censorship and controlled social media. I am not sure what this means for blockchain social media like Hive but possibly Hive.blog and Peakd.com could also come under fire due to it.

Previously, all the social media platforms were just acting as medium to post anything as long as you don't violate their rules.

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@realDonaldTrump

Twitter has now shown that everything we have been saying about them (and their other compatriots) is correct. Big action to follow!

Twitter tried to gave their honest viewpoint but obviously they can be easily bypassed

Twitter Public Policy

This EO is a reactionary and politicized approach to a landmark law. #Section230 protects American innovation and freedom of expression, and it’s underpinned by democratic values. Attempts to unilaterally erode it threaten the future of online speech and Internet freedoms.

This could seriously hinder freedom of speech and opposing parties can be completely lose their voice. We still have to see how this fiasco turns out to be