Trump had threatened social media companies with new regulation or even shuttering, lambasting the new policy he believed interfered with his political messaging. “This will be a Big Day for Social Media and FAIRNESS!” Trump tweeted. Prominent Republicans, including Rep. Liz Cheney and Sen. Mitt Romney, have criticized him over that attack, which hasn’t been marked with a fact check by the social media company. Trump and his allies have long accused the tech giants in liberal-leaning Silicon Valley of targeting conservatives on social media by fact-checking them or removing their posts. The order was also expected to try to hold back federal advertising dollars from Twitter and other social media companies that “violate free speech principles.”Meanwhile, the companies are gearing up to combat misinformation around the November elections.

Source: Huffington Post May 28, 2020 16:30 UTC