WASHINGTON, May 28 — US President Donald Trump will sign an executive order on social media companies today, White House officials said after Trump threatened to shut down the platform he accused of stifling conservative voices. The officials, who spoke to reporters travelling with Trump to...
Thursday, 28 May 2020 07:58 AM MYT
The officials, who spoke to reporters travelling with Trump to Washington from Florida aboard Air Force One yesterday, gave no further details. The American Civil Liberties Union said the First Amendment of the US Constitution limits any action Trump could take to regulate social media platforms. In the tweets tagged by Twitter, Trump made unsubstantiated claims about mail-in voting. Trump falsely claims that mail-in ballots lead to vote fraud and ineligible voters getting ballots.
The White House circulated drafts of a proposed executive order about anti-conservative bias last year which never gained any traction. “We have a group and committee of folks who take a look at these things and make decisions on what's getting a lot of visibility and traction...,” he said.
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