Outgoing US President Donald Trump stressed that “Twitter is going back”, and that it is trying “to hide even the truth“.
“Twitter is going crazy with its flags, trying to hide even the truth,” the outgoing president tweeted.
“It only shows how dangerous they are, deliberately repressing freedom of expression. Very dangerous for our Country,” he said.
Twitter is going wild with their flags, trying hard to suppress even the truth. Just shows how dangerous they are, purposely stifling free speech. Very dangerous for our Country. Does Congress know that this is how Communism starts? Cancel Culture at its worst. End Section 230!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 24, 2020
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“Does Congress know that this is how communism begins? Cancel culture at its worst. End of section 230!” He stressed.
Trump repeatedly threatened to veto the Defense bill, known as the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), because it does not include a repeal of Section 230. protects Internet companies responsibility for what they or third parties publish on their websites.
In recent weeks, Twitter has decided to hang an automatic red warning label every time Trump claims he has won the election, sparking the ire of the outgoing president.
On his Christmas Eve Trump tweeted in capital letters: “Voter fraud is not a conspiracy theory, it is a fact“.
VOTER FRAUD IS NOT A CONSPIRACY THEORY, IT IS A FACT!!!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 24, 2020
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Trump tiene 88.5 million followers on Twitter, and the platform was during his tenure the springboard to communicate with his people, especially to transmit messages of questioned truth that traditional media do not usually publish.
But with the arrival of the electoral campaign, this year, social networks decided to combat “fake news”, which the president himself denounces, in order to avoid muddying the path to the White House with false messages.
Thus, messages from Trump about conspiracy theories pointing to electoral fraud in the November elections began to be marked by Twitter with warning labels.
