Donald Trump drafts order over Twitter fact-check links
When Trump’s favourite social media platform, urged by users, highlighted some of his dubious conspiracies, Twitter fought back, albeit gently
28 May 2020 - 17:42
Washington/San Francisco — US President Donald Trump has been raging against Twitter 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 that could bring a flurry of lawsuits down on Twitter, Facebook 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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