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NoRoadUntravelled

(2,626 posts)
Wed May 27, 2020, 08:33 PM May 2020

Trump to sign executive order on social-media companies on Thursday

This discussion thread was locked as off-topic by JudyM (a host of the Latest Breaking News forum).

Source: MarketWatch

President Donald Trump is poised to sign an executive order on social-media companies Thursday, escalating his war on Twitter Inc., although it remains unclear what it will entail.

A White House spokesperson confirmed the order late Wednesday, a day after Twitter TWTR, -2.76% issued its first fact-checking warning label to some of his tweets.

In a series of tweets Wednesday, Trump threatened to “regulate” or even “close” social-media platforms. Legal experts scoffed at the president’s ability to moderate f social-media platforms such as Twitter, Facebook Inc. FB, -1.31% and Snap Inc. SNAP, -2.35% .

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Read more: https://www.marketwatch.com/story/trump-to-sign-executive-order-on-social-media-companies-on-thursday-2020-05-27?mod=newsviewer_click



What are your thoughts? First Twitter....then all of media? What?
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Trump to sign executive order on social-media companies on Thursday (Original Post) NoRoadUntravelled May 2020 OP
Not constitutional still_one May 2020 #1
True. Has this stopped him from doing anything else? NoRoadUntravelled May 2020 #4
Eh he rarely does anything Loki Liesmith May 2020 #6
When you have 5 toadies on the SCOTUS, anything is. The Mouth May 2020 #19
Not this. It has far reaching implications, including to Fox news still_one May 2020 #23
Lol. What constitution? The constitution died ..... olddad65 May 2020 #29
Okay take away his fucking phone............its a privilege to have one not a right............. turbinetree May 2020 #2
Twitter should have kicked him off years ago C_U_L8R May 2020 #3
But they didn't Miguelito Loveless May 2020 #45
Trump can't do that but he did cause twitter to lose money today. jimfields33 May 2020 #5
This is the full Nazi bucolic_frolic May 2020 #7
A slow moving Reichstag fire The Mouth May 2020 #20
Wanna bring back the Fairness Doctrine, asshole? John Fante May 2020 #8
Fox, Rush and all those other idjiots wouldn't like that... Amy-Strange May 2020 #18
See post 43. nt dware May 2020 #47
Hear, hear! BigmanPigman May 2020 #36
Fairness Doctrine wouldn't apply to cable or satellite, dware May 2020 #43
Does Trump have any understanding of what an executive order is? Jim__ May 2020 #9
Yes. It is an opportunity to SPEAK LOUDLY and make people talk about him. maxsolomon May 2020 #13
This an attempt at a distraction from the 100,000 deaths from COVID-19 passed today. herding cats May 2020 #10
Correct on both! BigmanPigman May 2020 #37
It seems so obvious. herding cats May 2020 #38
He's an idiot. marble falls May 2020 #11
Bwaa! stopbush May 2020 #12
We'll see what Jack Dorsey does about that illegal executive order. MF45's war power should never ancianita May 2020 #14
Who gives a shit? Other than to remark that he's a moron. Squinch May 2020 #15
Nailed it oldsoftie May 2020 #27
Exactly. it'll be a toothless EO to make him feel better. Drunken Irishman May 2020 #31
So Trump sends U.S. Marshals to Twitter HQ to take top execs into custody... Girard442 May 2020 #16
It would be struck down before the ink even dried. dware May 2020 #49
in other news Terry_M May 2020 #17
No matter what the Don does on Thursday... Amy-Strange May 2020 #21
Internet censorship. So full on China, then. ClusterFreak May 2020 #22
How would any restrictions on Twitter be enforced? Fiendish Thingy May 2020 #24
He can't enforce it. It's all for show. Drunken Irishman May 2020 #32
I think it's a bit late to be alleviating the TP shortage. Warpy May 2020 #25
Time for Twitter to block his account for rules violations n/t OnlinePoker May 2020 #26
Cant WAIT to see what he does when "his" court tosses whatever he issues. oldsoftie May 2020 #28
Funny how conservatives hate regulations until it affects them directly. Initech May 2020 #30
Knowing that Rethugs can pay trolls and enlist foreign ones out the wazoo bucolic_frolic May 2020 #33
The once and future dingue. LanternWaste May 2020 #34
The insanity is beyond insane... stillcool May 2020 #35
+1000 mobeau69 May 2020 #41
WAHH WAAAAHHH! They're being mean to be online! Salviati May 2020 #39
Trump would DIE without Twitter. Marie Marie May 2020 #40
I don't want to find out. n/t Yavin4 May 2020 #46
What's to stop Facebook and Twitter from: Aussie105 May 2020 #42
The grief that Clinton and Obama had to suffer from AM talk radio idiots while they were president. Yavin4 May 2020 #44
Hmmmm ... easiest solution is to just ban tRump from social media!!! RKP5637 May 2020 #48
Where would all the paid trolls at the Russian tRoll faRm go?? Lock him up. May 2020 #51
Why doesn't he just sick Melania on Twitter for cyberbullying her poor husband? #BeBreast #BoobHoo flibbitygiblets May 2020 #50
So our president is a commie jmowreader May 2020 #52
Locking JudyM May 2020 #53

still_one

(91,967 posts)
1. Not constitutional
Wed May 27, 2020, 08:34 PM
May 2020

NoRoadUntravelled

(2,626 posts)
4. True. Has this stopped him from doing anything else?
Wed May 27, 2020, 08:35 PM
May 2020

Did he not break international law re: asylum seekers and locking babies in cages?

Loki Liesmith

(4,602 posts)
6. Eh he rarely does anything
Wed May 27, 2020, 08:39 PM
May 2020

Most of the policies he says he will enact fail to happen. And there’s literally nothing he can do here.

The Mouth

(3,124 posts)
19. When you have 5 toadies on the SCOTUS, anything is.
Wed May 27, 2020, 09:00 PM
May 2020

still_one

(91,967 posts)
23. Not this. It has far reaching implications, including to Fox news
Wed May 27, 2020, 09:04 PM
May 2020

olddad65

(599 posts)
29. Lol. What constitution? The constitution died .....
Wed May 27, 2020, 09:22 PM
May 2020

With the failed impeachment trial.

turbinetree

(24,632 posts)
2. Okay take away his fucking phone............its a privilege to have one not a right.............
Wed May 27, 2020, 08:34 PM
May 2020

C_U_L8R

(44,897 posts)
3. Twitter should have kicked him off years ago
Wed May 27, 2020, 08:35 PM
May 2020

Their 'selfishness' is about to bite them in the ass.

Miguelito Loveless

(4,438 posts)
45. But they didn't
Wed May 27, 2020, 10:36 PM
May 2020

because he was great for business.

jimfields33

(15,475 posts)
5. Trump can't do that but he did cause twitter to lose money today.
Wed May 27, 2020, 08:36 PM
May 2020

Bitter old fool that he is.

bucolic_frolic

(42,680 posts)
7. This is the full Nazi
Wed May 27, 2020, 08:41 PM
May 2020

Alien and Sedition Acts pretty much dispensed with this kind of nonsense.

Alien and Sedition Acts
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The Alien and Sedition Acts were four laws passed by the Federalist-dominated 5th United States Congress and signed into law by President John Adams in 1798.[1][nb 1] They made it harder for an immigrant to become a citizen (Naturalization Act), allowed the president to imprison and deport non-citizens who were deemed dangerous ("An Act Concerning Aliens", also known as the Alien Friends Act of 1798)[2] or who were from a hostile nation (Alien Enemy Act of 1798),[3] and criminalized making false statements that were critical of the federal government (Sedition Act of 1798).[4] The Alien Friends Act expired two years after its passage, and the Sedition Act expired on 3 March 1801, while the Naturalization Act and Alien Enemies Act had no expiration clause.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alien_and_Sedition_Acts

The Mouth

(3,124 posts)
20. A slow moving Reichstag fire
Wed May 27, 2020, 09:00 PM
May 2020

John Fante

(3,479 posts)
8. Wanna bring back the Fairness Doctrine, asshole?
Wed May 27, 2020, 08:42 PM
May 2020

Sounds good to me.

Amy-Strange

(854 posts)
18. Fox, Rush and all those other idjiots wouldn't like that...
Wed May 27, 2020, 08:59 PM
May 2020

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Come on Don, do it...
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dware

(12,094 posts)
47. See post 43. nt
Wed May 27, 2020, 10:37 PM
May 2020

BigmanPigman

(51,432 posts)
36. Hear, hear!
Wed May 27, 2020, 09:56 PM
May 2020

dware

(12,094 posts)
43. Fairness Doctrine wouldn't apply to cable or satellite,
Wed May 27, 2020, 10:35 PM
May 2020

FCC has no authority over them, so Fox News, CNN, MSNBC, etc, wouldn't be affected by it in any way.

Jim__

(14,045 posts)
9. Does Trump have any understanding of what an executive order is?
Wed May 27, 2020, 08:44 PM
May 2020

Does Trump have any understanding of anything?

maxsolomon

(32,992 posts)
13. Yes. It is an opportunity to SPEAK LOUDLY and make people talk about him.
Wed May 27, 2020, 08:51 PM
May 2020

Also to use a Sharpie.

He wins by picking fights, because he drags his opponents into the muck with him. You can't stay clean wrestling with a pig. It's been his MO his entire life.

"They delight in acting in bad faith, since the seek not to persuade by sound argument but to intimidate and disconcert."
-JP Sartre

herding cats

(19,549 posts)
10. This an attempt at a distraction from the 100,000 deaths from COVID-19 passed today.
Wed May 27, 2020, 08:47 PM
May 2020

That's my first thought. Second thought is its unconstitutional and will never happen.

BigmanPigman

(51,432 posts)
37. Correct on both!
Wed May 27, 2020, 09:57 PM
May 2020

herding cats

(19,549 posts)
38. It seems so obvious.
Wed May 27, 2020, 10:04 PM
May 2020

Bad day in Trumpland: Trump aides generate something completely inflammatory and toss it at the wall to see if it sticks... Wait to see if people bite. Grin if it works.

This has zero teeth and isn't worth a moment of our time beyond our initial eye roll and obligatory groan. All circus no bread.

marble falls

(56,371 posts)
11. He's an idiot.
Wed May 27, 2020, 08:49 PM
May 2020

stopbush

(24,378 posts)
12. Bwaa!
Wed May 27, 2020, 08:51 PM
May 2020

ancianita

(35,816 posts)
14. We'll see what Jack Dorsey does about that illegal executive order. MF45's war power should never
Wed May 27, 2020, 08:53 PM
May 2020

include privately owned media, and I don't believe courts will allow him that war power to inhibit Americans' ability to use it just because he's mad about being factually called out as a liar.

Jack Dorsey will fight him.

Then there's Zuckerberg, who'll likely turn on MF45.

This stupid poser prez is managing to not only alienate social media platforms, but
1) eliminate a few channels that Russian troll farms use to support his messaging, and
2) shut down his own national voice.

I can't wait to find out what his executive order says.

Social platform owners will likely not only win this battle, but publicly denounce MF45's lousy business sense.

Squinch

(50,774 posts)
15. Who gives a shit? Other than to remark that he's a moron.
Wed May 27, 2020, 08:55 PM
May 2020

oldsoftie

(12,410 posts)
27. Nailed it
Wed May 27, 2020, 09:16 PM
May 2020
 

Drunken Irishman

(34,857 posts)
31. Exactly. it'll be a toothless EO to make him feel better.
Wed May 27, 2020, 09:29 PM
May 2020

Meh

Girard442

(6,059 posts)
16. So Trump sends U.S. Marshals to Twitter HQ to take top execs into custody...
Wed May 27, 2020, 08:56 PM
May 2020

...to be released when Twitter agrees to his terms. Who, exactly, would move to stop him? California HP? San Francisco PD? Or would the marshals refuse?

dware

(12,094 posts)
49. It would be struck down before the ink even dried.
Wed May 27, 2020, 10:40 PM
May 2020

Nobody is going to be arrested for this blatantly illegal EO.
This is the Mango Menace just being an asshole and trying to detract from his failures being called out.

Terry_M

(745 posts)
17. in other news
Wed May 27, 2020, 08:58 PM
May 2020

the president of the US is still a lying worthless sack of shit and at least 50 million people will vote for him in November despite.

Amy-Strange

(854 posts)
21. No matter what the Don does on Thursday...
Wed May 27, 2020, 09:03 PM
May 2020

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Twitter should just throw him out on his ass!
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ClusterFreak

(3,112 posts)
22. Internet censorship. So full on China, then.
Wed May 27, 2020, 09:04 PM
May 2020

Surprised it took him this long.

Fiendish Thingy

(15,371 posts)
24. How would any restrictions on Twitter be enforced?
Wed May 27, 2020, 09:06 PM
May 2020

He can say what he wants, but how can Trump enforce it?

 

Drunken Irishman

(34,857 posts)
32. He can't enforce it. It's all for show.
Wed May 27, 2020, 09:29 PM
May 2020

Warpy

(110,913 posts)
25. I think it's a bit late to be alleviating the TP shortage.
Wed May 27, 2020, 09:14 PM
May 2020

because social media platforms are going to haul his butt into court so fast it'll burn.

I just hope they all keep needling him.

I just wonder if he has any clue in the world about how much more money they have than he pretends to have.

OnlinePoker

(5,702 posts)
26. Time for Twitter to block his account for rules violations n/t
Wed May 27, 2020, 09:15 PM
May 2020

oldsoftie

(12,410 posts)
28. Cant WAIT to see what he does when "his" court tosses whatever he issues.
Wed May 27, 2020, 09:17 PM
May 2020

Initech

(99,915 posts)
30. Funny how conservatives hate regulations until it affects them directly.
Wed May 27, 2020, 09:25 PM
May 2020

bucolic_frolic

(42,680 posts)
33. Knowing that Rethugs can pay trolls and enlist foreign ones out the wazoo
Wed May 27, 2020, 09:31 PM
May 2020

I think this will be an order to forbid blocking anyone from posting pro-Trump messaging, and to enable lawsuits against critics. That's what they usually do, isn't it? Bleed you financially in the court system?

 

LanternWaste

(37,748 posts)
34. The once and future dingue.
Wed May 27, 2020, 09:31 PM
May 2020

Bless his little idiot heart... he actually thinks he's relevant to literate Americans.

On edit: if the idiot actually does what my guess is he'll do (EO banning all members of the Executive Branch from using Twitter as he himself quits the platform in a melodramatic fit of petulance and pique), then he just rolled over and showed his belly to the voters whether he realize that or not, giving Biden the election on a silver platter.

stillcool

(32,626 posts)
35. The insanity is beyond insane...
Wed May 27, 2020, 09:37 PM
May 2020

one thing after another for 3 effing years, with a pandemic on top. It goes on, and on

mobeau69

(11,079 posts)
41. +1000
Wed May 27, 2020, 10:20 PM
May 2020

Salviati

(6,002 posts)
39. WAHH WAAAAHHH! They're being mean to be online!
Wed May 27, 2020, 10:09 PM
May 2020

What a fucking snowflake.

Marie Marie

(9,999 posts)
40. Trump would DIE without Twitter.
Wed May 27, 2020, 10:17 PM
May 2020

What's a guy gonna do when he can't sleep from all the drugs and needs to vent and rage? This is laughable.

Yavin4

(35,357 posts)
46. I don't want to find out. n/t
Wed May 27, 2020, 10:36 PM
May 2020

Aussie105

(5,215 posts)
42. What's to stop Facebook and Twitter from:
Wed May 27, 2020, 10:29 PM
May 2020

1. Declaring Trump's contributions and responses to those as undesirable and disruptive to their business model?

2. Declaring external influences, non factual information and other propaganda posts as being undesirable?

There may well be escalation of response to Trump's threats by both Facebook and Twitter along the lines of having his future posts rejected, and having past posts and responses severely edited or deleted altogether.

Use of the social media platforms was originally never considered to be tools for lies and propaganda aimed at destabilizing American society.

Yavin4

(35,357 posts)
44. The grief that Clinton and Obama had to suffer from AM talk radio idiots while they were president.
Wed May 27, 2020, 10:36 PM
May 2020

And they could have signed an executive order mandating balanced political views on the radio because of the limited broadcast spectrum, but that would have been met with howls of protests.

RKP5637

(67,032 posts)
48. Hmmmm ... easiest solution is to just ban tRump from social media!!!
Wed May 27, 2020, 10:40 PM
May 2020

Lock him up.

(6,874 posts)
51. Where would all the paid trolls at the Russian tRoll faRm go??
Wed May 27, 2020, 11:25 PM
May 2020

That 1 idiot a$$-ki$$er claiming she's a PhD... but knows barely anything in particular.

flibbitygiblets

(7,220 posts)
50. Why doesn't he just sick Melania on Twitter for cyberbullying her poor husband? #BeBreast #BoobHoo
Wed May 27, 2020, 11:05 PM
May 2020

jmowreader

(50,453 posts)
52. So our president is a commie
Wed May 27, 2020, 11:33 PM
May 2020

Do you know how much fun it’s going to be watching the hard right attempt to defend President Massengill as he attempts to interfere with the freedom of speech and business practices of successful private industry?

JudyM

(29,122 posts)
53. Locking
Wed May 27, 2020, 11:49 PM
May 2020

Important news of national interest hasn’t actually happened — the article says the substance is unknown. This will be news for LBN when it’s substance is revealed. Till then, it’s best posted in GD.

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