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Wonder if this will mean Twitter, Facebook et. al finally push back or continue to play along with him. Turns out it wasn’t Warren who was the “existential threat.”
Trump is set to announce an executive order against social media companies - CNNPolitics https://www.cnn.com/2020/05/28/politics/trump-twitter-social-media-executive-order/index.html
Trump is set to announce an executive order against social media companies - CNNPolitics https://www.cnn.com/2020/05/28/politics/trump-twitter-social-media-executive-order/index.html
Looks like fb won’t. "We have a different policy than, I think, Twitter on this," Mark Zuckerberg told F*x News. "I just believe strongly that Facebook shouldn't be the arbiter of truth of everything that people say online." https://www.cnn.com/2020/05/28/media/jack-dorsey-donald-trump-twitter/index.html
It’s interesting that the old and out of touch section of communications law that has for so long insulated social media companies at society’s expense may be their undoing—but from the far right instead of, as expected, regulation from the moderate left. https://twitter.com/histoftech/status/1266040313455525888?s=21 https://twitter.com/histoftech/status/1266040313455525888
For more on the history & sharp insights on the implications of section 230 I’d highly suggest following @ubiquity75 — in fact, she has a chapter on it in the new book I’m co-editing from @mitpress: Your Computer is On Fire
(out early 2021) https://mitpress.mit.edu/books/your-computer-fire #computerfire
(out early 2021) https://mitpress.mit.edu/books/your-computer-fire #computerfire
yup. he knows which side his bread is buttered on. https://twitter.com/wiczipedia/status/1266004706419236865?s=21 https://twitter.com/wiczipedia/status/1266004706419236865
and yet, this may be a sea change despite not making sense... just as so many other disruptions created by this administration have not made sense according to existing systems & laws, but have caused huge disruption nonetheless https://twitter.com/tiffanycli/status/1265870010670616578?s=21 https://twitter.com/tiffanycli/status/1265870010670616578
Important thread on section 230 linked in the tweet below: https://twitter.com/histoftech/status/1266084114723155968?s=21 https://twitter.com/histoftech/status/1266084114723155968
