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Why Twitter should ban Donald Trump Trump has used and abused the platform for long enough. And his latest executive order is just another distraction Donald Trump exits Air Force One as he returns to Washington on Wednesday. Photograph: Jonathan Ernst/Reuters The president’s executive order on social media will kick off a heated debate over […] More
President’s planned weakening of social media law may not have effect he thinks it will Donald Trump in the White House, Washington DC. Photograph: Alex Brandon/AP Donald Trump’s apparent plans to punish Twitter for appending a factcheck to his claims that mail-in ballots would be “substantially fraudulent” could reshape the web – but not necessarily in […] More
Review planned of law that protects social media firms from responsibility for users’ content Donald Trump has threatened to take action against social media companies after Twitter tagged two of his tweets with a fact-check warning. Photograph: Olivier Douliery/AFP/Getty Donald Trump is expected to order a review of a law that has long protected Twitter, […] More
Twitter added warning on tweets that spread falsehoods President vows to ‘strongly regulate … or close them down’ As his election-year polling numbers have deteriorated, however, Trump has grown increasingly wild in his threats against media organizations and the voting system. Photograph: Rex/Shutterstock Donald Trump has threatened to “strongly regulate” or close down social media […] More
Trump’s devoted new press secretary is no different from her predecessors Kayleigh McEnany offered a straight-faced defence of Trump’s wildest conspiracy theories during a Tuesday briefing Play Video 2:23 Kayleigh McEnany praises Trump’s Covid-19 response as US deaths approach 100,000 – video “I will never lie to you,” declared Kayleigh McEnany on her debut as […] More
Twitter says it won’t delete tweets in which the president spreads lie that Joe Scarborough was involved in Lori Klausutis’s death MSNBC’s Morning Joe host Joe Scarborough. Photograph: Patrick Lewis/StarPix for The Paley Center for Media/REX/Shutterstock The husband of a woman whose 2001 death Donald Trump has repeatedly used for a political smear has demanded […] More
Trump has dubbed the brouhaha ‘the greatest political crime’ in US history despite being unable to say what it is Sean Hannity, right, with fellow Fox News host Tucker Carlson. Both have devoted considerable time to Donald Trump’s ‘Obamagate’ claims. Photograph: Brian Cahn/Zuma Wire/Rex/Shutterstock On his primetime show on Wednesday night, the Fox News host […] More
President lashes out at Asian American journalist who queried his constant emphasis on being first in testing Coronavirus – latest US updates Coronavirus – latest global updates Play Video 1:18 ‘You should ask China’: Trump terminates press conference after clash with reporters – video Donald Trump abruptly halted a press conference on Monday after being challenged […] More
