Current Events > Trump to sign Executive Order "pertaining to social media" tomorrow.

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rodu_jr
05/28/20 10:21:13 PM
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Dona'd "Karen" Trump
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The23rdMagus
05/28/20 10:21:51 PM
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I look forward to seeing this tested in court. I have a certain taste for people getting self-owned by their hubris. Call me a fan of Greek mythology.

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marc55
05/29/20 8:52:38 AM
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on reddit they say it should be possible this EO can be used by twitter to delete trump tweets like the "when the looting starts the shooting starts " one dont know if they are right

but itll be fun to see trump reaction if they are !

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realnifty1
05/29/20 10:46:01 AM
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marc55 posted...
on reddit they say it should be possible this EO can be used by twitter to delete trump tweets like the "when the looting starts the shooting starts " one dont know if they are right

but itll be fun to see trump reaction if they are !

Technically they always could, the two reasons they don't are that they'd have to waste a bunch of money in court over it because Donald and because he makes them a shit ton of money.

In a time with less partisan craziness, Donald would not be allowed to use Twitter the way he has. He is essentially picking winners and losers in the marketplace by using a private platform as his official communique. Imagine if he moved exclusively to some new platform created by someone in his inner circle.

The whole public record argument does not hold up for a private entity like Twitter, if the White House wants to claim his tweets are public record then it is incumbent on them to preserve that, not force a private entity to abide.
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