Trump Wields Presidential Power to Threaten Twitter Over Fact-Check Labelling

from Bill Whittle

When Twitter labelled a tweet by President Trump and linked to fact-checking sites, the president reacted by threatening to strongly regulate or shut down platforms that squelch free speech. Since then, he signed an executive order making such platforms liable to lawsuits the same as publishers when they exercise editorial decisions, rather than merely allow political ideas to roam free on their social media services.

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