U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday threatened to
regulate or shut down social media companies.
Trump stated this after Twitter, for the first time inserted
a fact check warning for the American President’s tweets, to enable readers to
authenticate the veracity of his tweets.
The label, which Twitter has designed to combat
misinformation and unverified claims, linked to a curated page with links and
summaries of articles describing how Trump’s claims on mail-in ballots are
unfounded.
Trump, without offering any evidence, reiterated his
accusations of political bias by such technology platforms in a pair of early
morning posts on Twitter.
On his verified Twitter account, Donald Trump wrote
“Republicans feel that Social Media Platforms totally silence conservatives
voices. We will strongly regulate, or close them down, before we can ever allow
this to happen. We saw what they attempted to do, and failed, in 2016.
“We can’t let a more sophisticated version of that happen
again. Just like we can’t let large scale Mail-In Ballots take root in our
Country. It would be a free for all on cheating, forgery and the theft of
Ballots. Whoever cheated the most would win. Likewise, Social Media. Clean up
your act, NOW!!!!”
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