Re:Truth Social broke software rules, says copyleft group
by qkqk on Friday October 22, 2021 @02:57PM
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It made major headlines, I'm surprised you're so far out of the loop you never heard about it. The link to a Google search I provided for you makes it easy to find the EO:
https://trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov/presidential-actions/ex...
Re:Truth Social broke software rules, says copyleft group
by iammisc on Friday October 22, 2021 @03:02PM
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I did hear about that order, but it did nothing of the sort the commenter claimed it did. It did not allow 'people' to 'cancel' other people. It asked the DOJ to investigate any violations of section 230, and asked the FCC to rework its administrative rules regarding the law. It did not suspend anything. Did not create new law. That is editorial nonsense.
Re:Truth Social broke software rules, says copyleft group
by qkqk on Friday October 22, 2021 @03:12PM
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If you'd heard about it, you wouldn't need someone else to find cites or links, I'm not that gullible.
> Did not create new law
Right, it had no effect, just more signalling from Trump. He sought to increase the legal responsibility of social media companies for what their users say, exposing them to lawsuits, in effect silencing and canceling users.
> Trump signed an executive order to allow people to "silence and cancel" Twitter users after Twitter added a fact check to a single Tweet of his.
Which 'people' did the EO allow to 'silence and cancel' Twitter users? Can you please explain yourself? Who was canceled? Can you name one person? Which person canceled them that was not allowed to before this EO?
You've made quite the claim. Can you substantiate it?