BEDMINSTER, NJ. (THECOUNT) — In a series of early Saturday morning tweets, President Trump went after social media platforms for “totally discriminating against Republican/Conservative voices,” as the platforms have begun censoring controversial posts or accounts, arguing “Let everybody participate, good & bad, and we will all just have to figure it out!”
The big picture: Major social media platforms, including Twitter, Facebook, Spotify and Pinterest, have recently removed Infowars host and conspiracy theorist Alex Jones’ account for violating standards by posting hate speech that “attacks or dehumanizes” others.
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Tech companies that embrace openness and free speech as a part of their corporate values and business models are grappling with how to handle content that is deemed unacceptable to most people, but embraced by a small few.
@realDonaldTrump
Social Media is totally discriminating against Republican/Conservative voices. Speaking loudly and clearly for the Trump Administration, we won’t let that happen. They are closing down the opinions of many people on the RIGHT, while at the same time doing nothing to others…….@realDonaldTrump
…..Censorship is a very dangerous thing & absolutely impossible to police. If you are weeding out Fake News, there is nothing so Fake as CNN & MSNBC, & yet I do not ask that their sick behavior be removed. I get used to it and watch with a grain of salt, or don’t watch at all..
@realDonaldTrump
….Too many voices are being destroyed, some good & some bad, and that cannot be allowed to happen. Who is making the choices, because I can already tell you that too many mistakes are being made. Let everybody participate, good & bad, and we will all just have to figure it out! source
