China News, May 29th, comprehensive report, on the 28th local time, US President Trump tweeted, "Today is a big day for social media and fairness!" He said he would sign an executive order, which will Based on Article 230 of the U.S. "Corrective Act", strengthen the supervision of social media, reduce the power of social media content review, and said that this will ensure that freedom of expression is not threatened.
Data graph: US President Trump.
According to previous reports, in the past few days, the conflict between Trump and social media "Twitter" has caused concern. The fuse of this conflict originated from the fact that the "Twitter" company first marked a tweet on Trump on the 26th, and Trump immediately denounced his "attempt to interfere in the 2020 US presidential election" and "completely stifled freedom of speech." ".
According to reports, in order to fight back, Trump signed an executive order on social media on the 28th, which aims to strengthen the US government's control of social media and make it easier to prosecute companies such as Twitter.
Trump said at the signing ceremony that the purpose of signing the order was to protect freedom of speech from threats.
He pointed out that social media giants like "Twitter" are gaining unprecedented protection based on the neutral platform theory, and this executive order will make "they no longer have a shield." The exact content of the executive order is still unclear, but the White House said it would make it public as soon as possible.
Data map: "Facebook" CEO Mark-Zuckerberg (left).
The USA Today website commented on this, saying that although the order called for changes to the regulations that protect social media companies from legal liability, the Trump administration cannot do this alone. These changes can only be made by the court.
Regarding the incident, Zuckerberg, the CEO of Facebook, criticized on the evening of 27 that “Twitter” should not mark Trump ’s tweets with “fact check” and pointed out that private technology companies should not be Internet speeches. Truth arbiter ".
Immediately thereafter, "Twitter" CEO Dorsey tweeted to defend his company's approach. He wrote in a tweet: "Every incorrect or controversial information related to elections around the world, we will continue to point it out. And if we are wrong, we will admit and admit the mistake. We do not do this by The truth arbiter's self-proclaimed. Our intention is to connect the various points of conflict in the speech, present the information in the dispute, so that the people can make their own judgment. "