Trump’s attacks on Twitter and other social media companies are often hyperbolic and rarely lead to immediate concrete action. The government could never silence a company like Twitter without violating First Amendment rights to free speech. However, his threats are a reminder of other significant levers that the president and the rest of the federal government have at their disposal. — AFP
Donald Trump has been raging against Twitter Inc since the social media platform that helped vault him to the presidency slapped fact-check links on a pair of his tweets.
Now, he’s poised to take action on May 28 that could bring a flurry of lawsuits down on Twitter, Facebook Inc and other technology giants by having the government narrow liability protections that they enjoy for third parties’ posts, according to a draft of an executive order obtained by Bloomberg.
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