On Thursday, the former president announced his plans to attack censorship and protect free speech in a video posted to his Truth Social account.
to launch a probe into those"involved in the new online censorship regime." He'd also demand that guilty parties be prosecuted for any crime identified.to immediately send preservation letters—and we have to do this right now—to the Biden administration, the Biden campaign and every Silicon Valley tech giant, ordering them not to destroy evidence of censorship," Trump said.to change the qualifications for immunity protection under Section 230.
Section 230 is a decades-old provision of federal law that works to shield social media platforms from being sued over users' content.The way Trump sees it, the"toxic censorship industry" should be barred from labelling domestic speech disinformation and misinformation.Trump also promised to starve nonprofits and academic programs of funding if they support censorship.
"If any U.S. university is discovered to have engaged in censorship activities, or election interference in the past, such as flagging social media content for removal of blacklisting, those universities should lose federal research dollars and federal student loan support for a period of five years, and maybe more," he said.also spoke in support of a"digital Bill of Rights," including a"right to digital due process.
Trump also floated the idea that platforms must notify users who've been"shadow banned" or had their account removed or otherwise restricted. Such users, he said, should be given an explanation of why the choice was made and should have the right to a timely appeal.Newsweek
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