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Twitter, Google and Facebook to be held accountable

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President Trump is escalating his war with Twitter with an executive order targeting social media companies.

President Trump signed an executive order today seeking to hold big tech companies more accountable what is posted on their social media platforms. Trump is furious about Twitter fact-checking his recent, allegedly unsubstantiated tweets about mail-in voting and alleged voter fraud. He said his executive order deals with one of the “greatest threats to free speech.” Trump argued — “What they choose to fact-check or ignore is nothing more than political activism.” Trump said Twitter, Facebook and Google have “unchecked power.” He called it “very very unfair” and labeled it “censorship and bias.”

The executive order aims to curb the power of the social media giants and it will likely be challenged in court. It seeks to remove a liability shield that the companies have. Trump said the American people should not be bullied by social media giants. Trump was asked if he would consider deleting his Twitter account. He said he would consider doing that but, “The news is fake.” He added, “There’s so much fake news it’s disgraceful.”

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