Trump signed a decision to strip social media of legal immunity
In a new escalation of the battle between US President Donald Trump and social media, Trump issued an executive decision to lift the legal immunity granted to communication platforms, under the protection of freedom of expression, which opens the door to prosecute those platforms. Under Trump's new decision, media such as Twitter and Facebook are stripped of their legal immunity in relation to content and publishing.
Social media on Twitter confirmed Friday that US President Donald Trump's announcement of Internet companies is a reactionary and politicized act of the Basic Law.
"This executive decree is a reactionary and politicized approach to the basic law of Article 230 regarding defending American innovation and freedom of expression, and it is based on democratic values," the website said in a statement. The statement added that "any unilateral attempts to undermine it threaten the future of freedom of expression on the Internet and freedom of the Internet." In his statement, Twitter refers to Article 230 of the Etiquette of Communications Act of 1996, which guarantees that websites cannot be considered a publisher or an independent source of information provided by a third party. US President Donald Trump confirmed Thursday evening that he would seek to shut down Twitter for social media if there was a legal possibility for that.
The statement came after President Trump signed, on Thursday evening, an executive order that removed social media from legal protection from the prosecution it currently enjoys, accusing it of editorial bias. Trump wants to "delete or amend" an article in the law known as Article 230 that protects social media companies from liability for the content that their users post.
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg said his company was more committed to freedom of expression than other technology companies, as Twitter faced a negative response from the White House due to fact-checking on tweets posted by US President Donald Trump. According to the Indian TOI website, Zuckerberg said in an interview with Fox News Channel, "We think it would not be right for us to verify the facts of the politicians." "I certainly think that our policies have distinguished us from some other technology companies in that they are stronger in freedom of expression and giving people a voice."
Zuckerberg has struggled to distance his company from Twitter and its fight with US President Donald Trump, as the White House moved to repeal a law protecting social media companies. Republican Trump accuses social media companies of bias against conservatives without backing his accusations with evidence, and has stepped up his attack on Twitter after the company on Tuesday for the first time set a sign asking the reader to find out the facts on two of his tweets about email polling.
The two sites delete content that violates the terms of service provision, but Zuckerberg said that Facebook’s approach “set us apart from some other technology companies because we are stronger in free expression and giving people a voice.” While Facebook marks tags of misleading blogs, it is exempt from review Blogging by politicians, a decision that some lawmakers and presumptive Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden says is helping to thrive lies online. Unlike Twitter, Facebook is commissioning external sources for the fact-finding process, and says that it does not take any position on its own, and this split with Twitter comes despite Zuckerberg taking a more strict stance on the wrong information in recent months, including pledges to remove any misleading entries about the emerging Corona virus, which It can cause health damage.
Zuckerberg said that Trump's comments on Tuesday did not reach the Facebook post bar to be considered a violation of the rules of influencing voters, and Trump published allegations, which were not based on evidence, both Twitter and Facebook, saying that the governor of California sends ballot cards by mail to all residents of the state "Regardless of who they are or how they got there," although the ballot papers are supposed to be sent only to registered voters. Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey said Trump's allegations "may mislead people and make them think they don't need to register to get a ballot," and a Twitter spokeswoman said senior executives, including Dorsey, had agreed to the decision to tag the two Trump tweets.
In a new escalation of the battle between US President Donald Trump and social media, Trump issued an executive decision to lift the legal immunity granted to communication platforms, under the protection of freedom of expression, which opens the door to prosecute those platforms. Under Trump's new decision, media such as Twitter and Facebook are stripped of their legal immunity in relation to content and publishing.
Social media on Twitter confirmed Friday that US President Donald Trump's announcement of Internet companies is a reactionary and politicized act of the Basic Law.
"This executive decree is a reactionary and politicized approach to the basic law of Article 230 regarding defending American innovation and freedom of expression, and it is based on democratic values," the website said in a statement. The statement added that "any unilateral attempts to undermine it threaten the future of freedom of expression on the Internet and freedom of the Internet." In his statement, Twitter refers to Article 230 of the Etiquette of Communications Act of 1996, which guarantees that websites cannot be considered a publisher or an independent source of information provided by a third party. US President Donald Trump confirmed Thursday evening that he would seek to shut down Twitter for social media if there was a legal possibility for that.
The statement came after President Trump signed, on Thursday evening, an executive order that removed social media from legal protection from the prosecution it currently enjoys, accusing it of editorial bias. Trump wants to "delete or amend" an article in the law known as Article 230 that protects social media companies from liability for the content that their users post.
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg said his company was more committed to freedom of expression than other technology companies, as Twitter faced a negative response from the White House due to fact-checking on tweets posted by US President Donald Trump. According to the Indian TOI website, Zuckerberg said in an interview with Fox News Channel, "We think it would not be right for us to verify the facts of the politicians." "I certainly think that our policies have distinguished us from some other technology companies in that they are stronger in freedom of expression and giving people a voice."
Zuckerberg has struggled to distance his company from Twitter and its fight with US President Donald Trump, as the White House moved to repeal a law protecting social media companies. Republican Trump accuses social media companies of bias against conservatives without backing his accusations with evidence, and has stepped up his attack on Twitter after the company on Tuesday for the first time set a sign asking the reader to find out the facts on two of his tweets about email polling.
The two sites delete content that violates the terms of service provision, but Zuckerberg said that Facebook’s approach “set us apart from some other technology companies because we are stronger in free expression and giving people a voice.” While Facebook marks tags of misleading blogs, it is exempt from review Blogging by politicians, a decision that some lawmakers and presumptive Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden says is helping to thrive lies online. Unlike Twitter, Facebook is commissioning external sources for the fact-finding process, and says that it does not take any position on its own, and this split with Twitter comes despite Zuckerberg taking a more strict stance on the wrong information in recent months, including pledges to remove any misleading entries about the emerging Corona virus, which It can cause health damage.
Zuckerberg said that Trump's comments on Tuesday did not reach the Facebook post bar to be considered a violation of the rules of influencing voters, and Trump published allegations, which were not based on evidence, both Twitter and Facebook, saying that the governor of California sends ballot cards by mail to all residents of the state "Regardless of who they are or how they got there," although the ballot papers are supposed to be sent only to registered voters. Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey said Trump's allegations "may mislead people and make them think they don't need to register to get a ballot," and a Twitter spokeswoman said senior executives, including Dorsey, had agreed to the decision to tag the two Trump tweets.
