Just The News: President Trump on Tuesday night lambasted Twitter because the company slapped a message on two of his tweets that linked to a page disputing the accuracy of his posts.
“@Twitter is now interfering in the 2020 Presidential Election. They are saying my statement on Mail-In Ballots, which will lead to massive corruption and fraud, is incorrect, based on fact-checking by Fake News CNN and the Amazon Washington Post,” the president tweeted. “Twitter is completely stifling FREE SPEECH, and I, as President, will not allow it to happen!” he added in another tweet.
Twitter labeled two of Trump’s tweets in which he warned that mail-in voting is ripe for fraud—he specifically warned that abuse would be committed in California.
Democratic California Gov. Gavin Newsom earlier this month signed an executive order for every registered voter to receive mail-in ballots for the November 2020 general election.
“There is NO WAY (ZERO!) that Mail-In Ballots will be anything less than substantially fraudulent. Mail boxes will be robbed, ballots will be forged & even illegally printed out & fraudulently signed. The Governor of California is sending Ballots to millions of people, anyone living in the state, no matter who they are or how they got there, will get one,” President Trump tweeted in a two-tweet series. “That will be followed up with professionals telling all of these people, many of whom have never even thought of voting before, how, and for whom, to vote. This will be a Rigged Election. No way!” more
CUT OFF THE MONEY! CUT OFF THE MONEY! CUT OFF THE MONEY! FOR PETES” SAKE CUT OFF THE MONEY!
Or, he could cut off the money.
Draining the swamp could present problems, it appears to have no bottom.
There is no way to “fact check” something like this.
If it weren’t for rigged elections, we’d have no elections at all.
Twitter just admitted they are a PUBLISHER.
Start the lawsuits, people.
MJA, you are exactly right!
When Twitter “Censors” speech on their platform, they stop being a “Platform/Distributor of Content” and become a “Publisher” that is acting as an “Editor” of content. Thus, they lose protections under Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act.
ISPs and Common Carriers are also excluded from legal action by Section 230, so long as they do NOT “Edit or Interfere with Content”. IOTW, ATT/Verizon/Comcast, etc. are immune from legal action if they only “Carry” your information. If they “Edit/Censor/Delete” your information, they lose that protection and become “Publishers” and are then subject to being sued for any violations of Constitutionally protected rights, rights found within the Civil Rights Act, and any other violations of Privacy Laws, as well as Libel and Defamation issues, and de-platforming (restraint of trade), thereby facing the potentially staggering costs of both compensatory and punitive damages.
In a similar manner, social media companies such as Twitter/FB/Snap Chat/Tic Tok etc. become liable for their content without Section 230 protection. Currently, they enjoy that protection from legal action by claiming to have “Community Standards” and similar BS excuses. But that claim would be considered moot if it can be shown those standards are applied in an a biased and arbitrary manner. Strip away the Section 230 immunities and they can be sued for every single violation of Constitutionally protected rights, rights found within the Civil Rights Act, and any other violations of Privacy Laws, as well as Libel and Defamation issues, and de-platforming (restraint of trade) just like the ISPs and Common Carriers.