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Early Friday morning, President Trump tweeted about the unfolding protests in the city.
He called the protesters “thugs” who were “dishonoring the memory of George Floyd.”
Trump also tweeted that he offered military support to the governor, saying “when the looting starts, the shooting starts.”
Twitter quickly responded by saying Trump violated its rule against glorifying violence and put a warning label on his tweets.
The warning label marks the first time such action has been taken against the President’s account.
And it comes two days after Twitter red flagged a previous Trump tweet which claimed, without evidence, that mail-in ballots would lead to widespread voter fraud.
Trump responded by signing an executive order that purported to address censorship by Twitter and other social media companies.
The order calls for new regulations for Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act.
That 1996 law shields websites and tech companies from lawsuits.
Trump’s order does not mean people would lose their Facebook or Twitter accounts.
The order instructs the Department of Justice to consult with state attorneys general on allegations of anti-conservative bias and it makes it easier for regulators like the Federal Trade Commission to accuse platforms of suppressing free speech when imposing their own standards.
Posted – 5.29.20