Social media platforms should not discriminate against conservatives. It’s unwise for them to do so because then they’ll get into the business of deciding what’s acceptable political speech or what’s not. Instead of that, they should adopt a neutral stance that allows a robust political debate which helps our democracy and helps their platforms avoid government regulation. This is really a crisis point for social media companies to understand whether the government is going to try to regulate them.
These companies want to make an argument that they are just a platform where people can share their ideas but open themselves up to attack when they start suppressing or not allowing conservative voices to get the same looks and views. It shows they are advancing a certain political agenda that half of the country is not in favor of.
I was on Fox Business “Making Money with Charles Payne” along with CivicForumPAC Chairman Ford O’ Connell to discuss President Trump’s claim that social media companies are “totally discriminating” against conservatives.
Social Media is totally discriminating against Republican/Conservative voices. Speaking loudly and clearly for the Trump Administration, we won’t let that happen. They are closing down the opinions of many people on the RIGHT, while at the same time doing nothing to others…….
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 18, 2018
…..Censorship is a very dangerous thing & absolutely impossible to police. If you are weeding out Fake News, there is nothing so Fake as CNN & MSNBC, & yet I do not ask that their sick behavior be removed. I get used to it and watch with a grain of salt, or don’t watch at all..
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 18, 2018
….Too many voices are being destroyed, some good & some bad, and that cannot be allowed to happen. Who is making the choices, because I can already tell you that too many mistakes are being made. Let everybody participate, good & bad, and we will all just have to figure it out!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 18, 2018
