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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(107,063 posts)
Sat May 16, 2020, 01:42 PM May 2020

Trump Says Tech Giants Controlled by 'Radical Left,' Vows Action

Source: Bloomberg

President Donald Trump accused Facebook Inc, Twitter Inc and Alphabet Inc’s Google of being controlled by the “Radical Left” and said that his administration is working to remedy what he called an “illegal situation.”

In a tweet that also mentions the Facebook-owned Instagram, the U.S. president commented on a clip by conservative blogger Michelle Malkin lambasting the so-called deplatforming of conservative voices by technology companies. Trump didn’t elaborate on potential measures targeting the tech giants.

Malkin in a recent post on her Twitter account said that she would not be taking the “Gates vaccine,” a term often employed online by anti-vaccine activists to refer to the many coronavirus vaccines in development. It refers to Microsoft co-founder and billionaire philanthropist Bill Gates.

Read more: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/trump-says-tech-giants-controlled-by-radical-left-vows-action/ar-BB14aTdJ?li=BBnbfcL



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Trump Says Tech Giants Controlled by 'Radical Left,' Vows Action (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin May 2020 OP
The orders from putin is to get us to kill each other anyway possible, virus, guns, civil war Eliot Rosewater May 2020 #1
I would agree with that to a degree. Interesting that facebook and twitter are what Putin used to. olddad65 May 2020 #6
Facebook already wiped the Lincoln Project ad "Mourning in America" off the site because BComplex May 2020 #24
More on that "Mourning in America" ad. CBHagman May 2020 #48
maybe not the virus Warpy May 2020 #13
Getting the deplorables to congregate and spread the virus, and demand states end lockdowns muriel_volestrangler May 2020 #20
Doesn't trumps right hand man Kushner .... CatMor May 2020 #2
Sounds about right. AZ8theist May 2020 #41
Wasn't he going to find a vaccine or cure for ... CatMor May 2020 #42
Distraction that plays to base. He & base so weird of course they don't as much play as they want.nt Bernardo de La Paz May 2020 #3
JFC, there is no "Radical Left" in the US. maxsolomon May 2020 #4
AM talk radio has de-platformed Liberal voices for decades, and that is ILLEGAL due to the limited Yavin4 May 2020 #5
Lib voices don't push Hate & Fear buttons so much, so they don't attract as big audiences & ads. nt Bernardo de La Paz May 2020 #8
Well, there are plenty of rich liberals who could buy a radio network or three. oldsoftie May 2020 #26
We had Air America in the early 2000s and it was awesome. Politicub May 2020 #44
Thats how i found Rachel. But the network failed. oldsoftie May 2020 #53
The easy answer: Advertisers alp227 May 2020 #54
Well, we SHOULD buy & support the advertisers. Otherwise its our own fault. oldsoftie May 2020 #55
Well, to think about it... alp227 May 2020 #56
I think it's the phenomena of conservatives and liberals liking different things Polybius May 2020 #59
If FB is a radical left-wing organization, I will eat the Brooklyn Bridge. sinkingfeeling May 2020 #7
I'm surprised he's not going after Tik Tok. LastLiberal in PalmSprings May 2020 #57
Radical left? That's a big laugh. marble falls May 2020 #9
Fascism keeps scuttling forward Grokenstein May 2020 #10
and maybe one of the targets finds itself losing a large federal contract DBoon May 2020 #12
deplatforming of conservative voices? DBoon May 2020 #11
It must take a huge effort to find things to sound you're insane all of the time MrScorpio May 2020 #14
More effort than Trump would ever be prepared to put in. He's just a natural muriel_volestrangler May 2020 #22
Stupid versus Smart C_U_L8R May 2020 #15
i call donald trump a llegal situation. AllaN01Bear May 2020 #16
What trump is doing duforsure May 2020 #17
If he's been eavesdropping on me, there should moonscape May 2020 #49
Really. Facebutt is TrumpCult Central. And he's STILL whining? Pfft. n/t CousinIT May 2020 #18
Malkin is a malevolent, evil irrelevant media creature. cayugafalls May 2020 #19
thats fascist speak for "tow my line or your ass is grass and like everything else he does he will yaesu May 2020 #21
Trump needs more imaginary enemies than the "mainstream media" to pump up the deplorables muriel_volestrangler May 2020 #23
"Radical"... Who's he trying to scare? Baked Potato May 2020 #25
So, you MUST be a conservative to own a business nowadays? Jamastiene May 2020 #27
He is getting crazier every day DeminPennswoods May 2020 #28
Seriously? ananda May 2020 #29
Naturally, he "said" this on twitter! hedda_foil May 2020 #30
Spouting BS again. paleotn May 2020 #31
Yawn Bayard May 2020 #32
Trump is at war with America bucolic_frolic May 2020 #33
Anybody that's intelligent looks like the radical left to Trump. Jim__ May 2020 #34
Everything Left of Trump is radical. That includes many republicans. He's not even on the map. n/t TheFourthMind May 2020 #35
No "radical left" noneof_theabove May 2020 #36
He'd better be careful who he fights. This could galvanize the whole tech industry beyond ancianita May 2020 #37
Conservative voices aren't being deplatformed. Initech May 2020 #38
What a loon mahina May 2020 #39
Private businesses angrychair May 2020 #40
Time to de-platform Trump. BlueIdaho May 2020 #43
Is It fascism yet? Nt Blue_playwright May 2020 #45
Trump probably doesn't realize this... jmowreader May 2020 #46
Yes. And they control Turbineguy May 2020 #47
ok, radical left tech giants. You know what to do. not_the_one May 2020 #50
Thought many were Libertarians DeminPennswoods May 2020 #51
Let's hypothetically say that the Green Party, or the Whigs, or the Tax Revolt Party... LudwigPastorius May 2020 #52
Well, I guess he could shut the Internet down. EndlessWire May 2020 #58
Is that why his Twitter account hasnt been banned? ibegurpard May 2020 #60

olddad65

(599 posts)
6. I would agree with that to a degree. Interesting that facebook and twitter are what Putin used to.
Sat May 16, 2020, 02:02 PM
May 2020

Get Donald Death installed to begin with.

BComplex

(7,979 posts)
24. Facebook already wiped the Lincoln Project ad "Mourning in America" off the site because
Sat May 16, 2020, 03:12 PM
May 2020

trump was whining about it. He's just doing this to try to make it even more trump property, just as he did Fox and how he is now doing One American News Network...the even more insane rightwing conspiracy theory site.

This is how he owns those platforms. They're stupid enough to fall for it.

Warpy

(110,900 posts)
13. maybe not the virus
Sat May 16, 2020, 02:27 PM
May 2020

It seems Putin's own ox is getting gored rather badly there, they're just not releasing any numbers or talking about it much in the press. He's going to lose as many key people as we will, maybe more.

muriel_volestrangler

(101,149 posts)
20. Getting the deplorables to congregate and spread the virus, and demand states end lockdowns
Sat May 16, 2020, 02:59 PM
May 2020

is, I think, what is meant - not that he had a part in the emergence or spread around the world.

AZ8theist

(5,338 posts)
41. Sounds about right.
Sat May 16, 2020, 05:41 PM
May 2020

It's where he does his exhaustive "research". Just like flat-earthers. Youtube videos as well....

Cuz EVERBODY knows 100% of what's on the internet is 100% TRUE!!!!!!!!!!!!

CatMor

(6,212 posts)
42. Wasn't he going to find a vaccine or cure for ...
Sat May 16, 2020, 06:44 PM
May 2020

Coronavirus by Googling with some so called tech hotshots and a retired doctor.

maxsolomon

(32,975 posts)
4. JFC, there is no "Radical Left" in the US.
Sat May 16, 2020, 01:57 PM
May 2020

There's barely a "Left".

He's flailing wildly at this point; lashing out at any perceived slight, any sign of disloyalty.

Too bad he controls all the levers of power. Good thing he's too dumb to know how to use them.

Too bad Barr does.

Yavin4

(35,354 posts)
5. AM talk radio has de-platformed Liberal voices for decades, and that is ILLEGAL due to the limited
Sat May 16, 2020, 02:01 PM
May 2020

broadcast spectrum. There's no such limit on the internet. As far as I know, no one is stopping conservatives from forming their own social media platforms.

Conservatives only like the free market when they have the advantage and want govt action when they're on the losing end.

oldsoftie

(12,410 posts)
26. Well, there are plenty of rich liberals who could buy a radio network or three.
Sat May 16, 2020, 03:19 PM
May 2020

Why havent they? I dont get the fascination the RW people have with talk radio. I've heard limbaugh et al for 20 years many days out of the week at one of my workplaces. HOURS of it. Its nothing more than reinforcing what they already believe. Remember how everyone on the right wanted Judge Napolitano to be on the damn SCOTUS back when trump started? But as soon as he started quoting actual LAW & pointing out where trump was wrong, he became a "liberal" and bad mouthed as a know-nothing. Its the same with the radio shows. They have to tow the line. If limbaugh and the rest were so powerful we never would have had Obama for TWO terms. because believe me, they tried their best!!

oldsoftie

(12,410 posts)
53. Thats how i found Rachel. But the network failed.
Sun May 17, 2020, 02:53 PM
May 2020

I know everyone complains about RW talk radio, but i cant agree with forcing a station owner to run programming that doesnt make money.
What i dont understand is WHY it doesnt make money. Progressive people can tune in their radios at work or home just like republicans can. But they dont. And there's probably more of them than republicans!!

alp227

(31,959 posts)
54. The easy answer: Advertisers
Sun May 17, 2020, 03:30 PM
May 2020

While progressive people listen...do they buy as much based on advertising as much as conservatives do?

Also, it's much easier to package conservative ideas into simple, easy to listen radio. Liberal ideas are too nuanced for commercial formats.

Furthermore, many on the left prefer non broadcast outlets like social media, books, message boards, and on demand video/audio.

oldsoftie

(12,410 posts)
55. Well, we SHOULD buy & support the advertisers. Otherwise its our own fault.
Sun May 17, 2020, 05:41 PM
May 2020

I know i've seen businesses who have gotten on the wrong side of trump or other RWers get massive support from democrats because of it. I dont know why they would support their own "my pillow" guy or whatever.
I know XM has a Progressive channel & has for years. Always listened when i had satellite.
Rachel should have had her own show too. Having to wrangle Winstead & Chuck D wasted her talents. Of course she's come out way on top now

alp227

(31,959 posts)
56. Well, to think about it...
Sun May 17, 2020, 06:07 PM
May 2020

Good luck getting Bank of America to advertise on a show criticizing the bank bailouts. Good luck getting Google to advertise on a show that books a guest that criticizes the tech companies' selling of data. Good luck getting McDonald's to advertise on a show that promotes "whole Earth diets" or whatever. My point was that the trade-off for progressive talk shows "pushing the envelope" is a more narrow range of potential sponsors.

Polybius

(15,235 posts)
59. I think it's the phenomena of conservatives and liberals liking different things
Sun May 17, 2020, 11:01 PM
May 2020

Hollywood is overwhelmingly liberal. Conservatives still like movies and TV shows, but they rarely go into show biz for some reason. Likewise, liberals love politics, but rarely listen to talk radio.

57. I'm surprised he's not going after Tik Tok.
Sun May 17, 2020, 07:22 PM
May 2020

After all, "tick-tock" refers to clocks, and clocks tell time, and time is a fact, and we all know that facts are a liberal conspiracy. (Thanks, Stephen Colbert!)

Grokenstein

(5,707 posts)
10. Fascism keeps scuttling forward
Sat May 16, 2020, 02:19 PM
May 2020

When one's government makes up an unfavorable political imbalance among businesses, and announces that it's going to "remedy" said imbalance, and this goes unchallenged...one is living under a fascist dictatorship. Sure, maybe the "remedy" is all hot air, and it doesn't openly call itself a fascist dictatorship, but...yeah, it is.

DBoon

(22,284 posts)
12. and maybe one of the targets finds itself losing a large federal contract
Sat May 16, 2020, 02:21 PM
May 2020

there are more subtle ways to force compliance than arresting the CEO

DBoon

(22,284 posts)
11. deplatforming of conservative voices?
Sat May 16, 2020, 02:20 PM
May 2020

You mean blocking racist hate content and calls to assassinate Democratic politicians?

"Conservative voices" are now a violent criminal gang. They deserve the same free speech rights to incite criminal violence as MS-13, which is to say none.

C_U_L8R

(44,891 posts)
15. Stupid versus Smart
Sat May 16, 2020, 02:29 PM
May 2020

Yeah a really dumb person would think it's unfair, even illegal, that intelligent people tend to be the successful ones.

duforsure

(11,882 posts)
17. What trump is doing
Sat May 16, 2020, 02:32 PM
May 2020

He's announcing he now picks and chooses who run businesses. Only loyalists to him only. This is what Putin did too. In trumps rule only the most corrupt are allowed to prosper. Forcing them into giving to his campaign or else, plus he'll get Barr to trump up something on them. Wonder how much eavesdropping illegally he.'s doing.

cayugafalls

(5,629 posts)
19. Malkin is a malevolent, evil irrelevant media creature.
Sat May 16, 2020, 02:50 PM
May 2020

As for Dump/Scavino, what is the illegal situation? Nothing. There is none. Another made up piece of crap to deflect and distract.

Dan Scavino is the rotten soul of the deflection/distraction machine.

yaesu

(8,020 posts)
21. thats fascist speak for "tow my line or your ass is grass and like everything else he does he will
Sat May 16, 2020, 03:01 PM
May 2020

get away with it because we are 2/3rds fascist state.

muriel_volestrangler

(101,149 posts)
23. Trump needs more imaginary enemies than the "mainstream media" to pump up the deplorables
Sat May 16, 2020, 03:10 PM
May 2020

so he's designating social media as "radical left". Never mind that, without Facebook, Alphabet/Google, Microsoft and Amazon, the stock market that he uses as the only indicator of economic success would have truly cratered.

The FAANGM stocks – Facebook, Amazon, Apple, Netflix, Alphabet (the parent company of Google) and Microsoft – were all up on Thursday. Nexflix is up 32% this year, Amazon is 25% ahead and Microsoft has gained 14%, while Apple has gained 1%, Facebook is up 1% and Alphabet is 0.1% ahead.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/may/07/us-nasdaq-index-wiped-out-all-of-2020s-losses-triggered-by-covid-19

Jamastiene

(38,187 posts)
27. So, you MUST be a conservative to own a business nowadays?
Sat May 16, 2020, 03:26 PM
May 2020

Where in the Constitution is that?

A few, not far left, but progressive Democrats have successful businesses.

So what?

How in the hell is that an "illegal situation?"

bucolic_frolic

(42,661 posts)
33. Trump is at war with America
Sat May 16, 2020, 03:45 PM
May 2020

Dividing people for suppression is Nazi Germany. Trump is disloyal to the Constitution.

Jim__

(14,045 posts)
34. Anybody that's intelligent looks like the radical left to Trump.
Sat May 16, 2020, 04:10 PM
May 2020

They're completely beyond his comprehension.

noneof_theabove

(410 posts)
36. No "radical left"
Sat May 16, 2020, 04:25 PM
May 2020

but there is his "radical right"

So from no on address him as the "king of the racial right" - he is a president.

ancianita

(35,812 posts)
37. He'd better be careful who he fights. This could galvanize the whole tech industry beyond
Sat May 16, 2020, 04:38 PM
May 2020

mere de-platforming.

Initech

(99,909 posts)
38. Conservative voices aren't being deplatformed.
Sat May 16, 2020, 04:48 PM
May 2020

They're being reported on because the shit being posted by conservatives is hateful and divisive. No one wants to hear neo nazi propaganda.

angrychair

(8,593 posts)
40. Private businesses
Sat May 16, 2020, 05:23 PM
May 2020

Why are Republicans attacking private companies during a massive economic downturn?

This is fascist dictatorship talk, controlling how and who runs a company is directly in line with the nazi and fascist.

jmowreader

(50,447 posts)
46. Trump probably doesn't realize this...
Sat May 16, 2020, 07:41 PM
May 2020

...but Twitter could silence his orange ass in a millisecond by pushing the "delete account" button on his feed, and there's not a damn thing he could do about it.

Turbineguy

(37,206 posts)
47. Yes. And they control
Sat May 16, 2020, 07:52 PM
May 2020

the strawberries too.

He's getting worse every day and has a long way to go. Lots of people left to kill.

DeminPennswoods

(15,246 posts)
51. Thought many were Libertarians
Sun May 17, 2020, 10:28 AM
May 2020

A friend used to tell me the logical end result of libertarian thinking is that it's ok for you to dump your trash on your neighbor's property.

LudwigPastorius

(8,943 posts)
52. Let's hypothetically say that the Green Party, or the Whigs, or the Tax Revolt Party...
Sun May 17, 2020, 01:32 PM
May 2020
was controlling Google and Facebook, and using these platforms to advance its agenda.l

How the ever-loving fuck would that, in any way, be illegal? It was Ronald Reagan's FCC that repealed the media Fairness Doctrine in 1987.

This mad, tin pot, punk dictator squatting in the White House has got to hit the bricks.

EndlessWire

(6,373 posts)
58. Well, I guess he could shut the Internet down.
Sun May 17, 2020, 10:26 PM
May 2020

But, still, Twitter should delete his account for posting inflammatory language to rabble rouse. He has many times put people in danger after his tweets.

He should be treated the same as everyone else who violates the TOS.

ibegurpard

(16,685 posts)
60. Is that why his Twitter account hasnt been banned?
Mon May 18, 2020, 12:18 AM
May 2020

Despite numerous infractions that would have had others removed many times over?

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