Trump furious at fact-check alert on Twitter and threatens action
Donald Trump tweeted his anger over the move by Twitter saying the social media site is ‘silencing conservative voices’
27 May 2020 - 17:45
Washington/San Francisco — US President Donald Trump threatened to regulate or shutter social media companies — a warning apparently aimed at Twitter after it began fact-checking his tweets.
In a pair of tweets issued on Wednesday morning from his iPhone, Trump said that social media sites are trying to silence conservative voices, and need to change course or face action...
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