Report by : Gan Yung Chyan
/ KUCINTA SETIA
On 28 May 2020, US President Trump tweeted, "Today is a big day for social media and fairness!" He said he would sign an executive order, which will base on Article 230 of the U.S. "Corrective Act", strengthen the supervision of social media, reduce the power of social media content review, and said that this will ensure that freedom of expression is not threatened.
According to previous reports, the conflict between Trump and social media “Twitter” has caused concern in recent days. The fuse of this conflict originated from the fact that the Twitter first marked a tweet on Trump on 26 May, and Trump immediately denounced Twitter's "attempt to interfere in the 2020 US presidential election" and "completely stifle freedom of speech."
Reported that in order to fight back, Trump signed an executive order on social media on 28 May, which aims to strengthen the US government's control of social media and make it easier to prosecute companies such as Twitter.
Trump said at the signing ceremony that the purpose of signing this order was to protect freedom of expression from threats.
He pointed out that social media giants like Twitter are gaining unprecedented protection based on neutral platform theory, and this executive order will make “they no longer have shields”. The exact content of the executive order is still unclear, but the White House said it would make it public as soon as possible.
Today's US website commented on this, saying that although the order called for changes to the regulations that protect social media companies from legal liability, the Trump administration cannot do this alone. These changes can only be made by the court.
Regarding the incident, Zuckerberg, the CEO of Facebook, criticized on 27 May that Twitter should not mark Trump’s tweets with “fact check” and pointed out that private technology companies should not be Internet speeches. Truth arbiter ".
Then, Twitter CEO Dorsey tweeted to defend his company's practices. He wrote in a tweet: "Every incorrect or controversial information related to elections around the world, we will continue to point it out. And if we are wrong, we will also admit the mistake. The truth arbiter's self-proclaimed. Our intention is to connect the various points of conflict in the speech, present the information in the dispute, so that the people can make their own judgment. "
/ KUCINTA SETIA
On 28 May 2020, US President Trump tweeted, "Today is a big day for social media and fairness!" He said he would sign an executive order, which will base on Article 230 of the U.S. "Corrective Act", strengthen the supervision of social media, reduce the power of social media content review, and said that this will ensure that freedom of expression is not threatened.
According to previous reports, the conflict between Trump and social media “Twitter” has caused concern in recent days. The fuse of this conflict originated from the fact that the Twitter first marked a tweet on Trump on 26 May, and Trump immediately denounced Twitter's "attempt to interfere in the 2020 US presidential election" and "completely stifle freedom of speech."
Reported that in order to fight back, Trump signed an executive order on social media on 28 May, which aims to strengthen the US government's control of social media and make it easier to prosecute companies such as Twitter.
Trump said at the signing ceremony that the purpose of signing this order was to protect freedom of expression from threats.
He pointed out that social media giants like Twitter are gaining unprecedented protection based on neutral platform theory, and this executive order will make “they no longer have shields”. The exact content of the executive order is still unclear, but the White House said it would make it public as soon as possible.
Today's US website commented on this, saying that although the order called for changes to the regulations that protect social media companies from legal liability, the Trump administration cannot do this alone. These changes can only be made by the court.
Regarding the incident, Zuckerberg, the CEO of Facebook, criticized on 27 May that Twitter should not mark Trump’s tweets with “fact check” and pointed out that private technology companies should not be Internet speeches. Truth arbiter ".
Then, Twitter CEO Dorsey tweeted to defend his company's practices. He wrote in a tweet: "Every incorrect or controversial information related to elections around the world, we will continue to point it out. And if we are wrong, we will also admit the mistake. The truth arbiter's self-proclaimed. Our intention is to connect the various points of conflict in the speech, present the information in the dispute, so that the people can make their own judgment. "
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