Trump threatens social media after Twitter puts warning on his false claims

Posted on AllSides May 27th, 2020
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Donald Trump has threatened to “strongly regulate” or close down social media platforms that do not meet his standards for ideological balance, a day after Twitter, for the first time, slapped a warning label on a pair of Trump tweets spreading lies about mail-in voting.

“Republicans feel that Social Media Platforms totally silence conservatives voices,” Trump tweeted on Wednesday morning. “We will strongly regulate, or close them down, before we can ever allow this to happen.”

Kayleigh McEnany, the White House press secretary, told reporters traveling aboard Air Force One...

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https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/may/27/trump-twitter-social-media-threat-conservatives

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