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Trump at war with Twitter - now Snapchat is following up: low blow to the US President

2020-06-05T08:16:40.060Z


US President Trump has delivered a violent exchange of blows with the media service Twitter. Now a second social media service is adding.


US President Trump has delivered a violent exchange of blows with the media service Twitter. Now a second social media service is adding.

  • Postal elections are fraudulent - this was the statement made by US President Donald Trump on Twitter on Tuesday .
  • The media service has now subjected the post to a fact check for the first time - and Trump's statements have failed .
  • The US President has now signed a decree stating that online networks such as Twitter should be restricted more. Now Twitter has again commented on a post from the President (see update from May 29, 11:48).

Update of June 3, 9:10 p.m .: According to Twitter, another social media service punishes US President Donald Trump with Snapchat. Henceforth, Republican posts are no longer recommended to users. "We will no longer make voices heard that incite racist violence and injustice," the company said on request. As a result, Trump's posts would no longer be listed in the “Discover Snapchat” area, where the online portal recommends certain content to its users. The president's Snapchat account remains active.

Warning under Trump tweet: US President issues decree with serious consequences - Twitter follows suit

Update of May 29, 11:48 a.m .:  US President Donald Trump  has signed a decree that will regulate online networks such as Twitter and Facebook in the USA more intensely - but Twitter in particular is not impressed. The short message service has once again provided a warning to the US President's tweet . The post on the riots in the city of Minneapolis after the death of an African American glorified violence , was the comment of the short message service. He was therefore provided with a corresponding note, but remains on the platform because this is in the public interest.

Trump vs. Twitter - media service once again marks a presidential post with a warning

Instead of the tweet, some views initially only show the warning and must first click through to the post. On Friday morning, Trump had spoken in the tweet, among other things, of “thugs” who would dishonor the victim's memory. Control will be regained, he announced. " When looting begins, there will be shooting, " he wrote in his post.

.... These THUGS are dishonoring the memory of George Floyd, and I won't let that happen. Just spoke to Governor Tim Walz and told him that the Military is with him all the way. Any difficulty and we will assume control but when the looting starts, the shooting starts. Thank you!

- Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 29, 2020

Update from May 29, 6.53 a.m .: US President Donald Trump wants to regulate the short message service Twitter and other social media (see update from 6.21 a.m.). A presidential decree of Thursday (local time) is intended to reform a rule known as section 230 , according to which the platforms cannot be held liable for texts by users. However, the "Executive Order" fell far short of Trump's threat on Wednesday that he would "strongly regulate or shut down social media" if they "suppressed conservative voices".

The exact effects of the presidential decree are still open. Legal experts argue that far-reaching changes and laws must be passed by Congress . The specialist service “Wired” commented that the goals of Trump's order were “political, not legal”. The decree is "only for show". Trump said he was a victim of the November presidential election and hoped to intimidate internet companies.

Online networks such as Facebook and Twitter are to be regulated more closely in the USA - Trump signs the decree

Update from May 29, 6:21 a.m .: Online networks such as Facebook or Twitter are to be regulated more legally in the USA in the future. US President Donald Trump signed a corresponding decree on Thursday (May 28)

The trigger for this measure is a Trump dispute with Twitter . The short message service had previously marked two tweets from the President as misleading. Trump now justified his approach by saying that the operators of the site would not act "neutrally" but pursue "political activism".

It is about " defending freedom of expression against one of the worst dangers". So far, the online services had "unlimited power to censor". This should not go on like this. The decree seeks to remove protection from law enforcement against content posted on their networks.

Dispute escalates: does Trump have the power to regulate Twitter by decree?

So far, however, it is controversial whether Trump has the power to regulate Internet providers by decree. The civil rights organization ACLU has already accused Trump of "unconstitutional" action. He threatened to punish online companies that "displeased" him, it said.

Senator Ron Wyden of the opposition Democrats accused Trump of "intimidating" the operators of the online networks. Also, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg remarked. He said on Fox News that he thought it would be the wrong reaction if a government "decided to censor a platform because it was concerned about censorship." Zuckerberg also emphasized, however, that his company, unlike Twitter, avoided the fact-checking of political messages.

Trump posts fail on Twitter fact check: Now he is serious about regulation - is there a threat of closure?

Update of May 28, 2020, 6:31 a.m .: US President Donald Trump apparently is serious and continues to fire against the online service Twitter . This Thursday he wants to sign an ordinance on how to deal with all online networks . The White House announced this without going into details.

Trump had previously threatened to strictly regulate the networks or even close them . This followed the that Twitter a few tweets from the President a facts check had undergone after the service had tightened its regulations two weeks ago. After the facts check under two Trumps Posts was a reply to read that contradicted his statements and referred to them as misleading.

Trump then accused Twitter of "interfering" in the November presidential election. Trump's attack on Twitter naturally led him to Twitter.

Trump accused the California company of "completely suppressing freedom of speech". He would "not allow this," he tweeted. Republican politicians feel that “social media platforms completely silence conservative voices”. "We will strictly regulate or close them before we ever allow that," the president wrote.

Trump against Twitter: fact check causes a stir - President announces steps

Update of May 27, 2020, 2:25 p.m .: After two tweets by US President Donald Trump failed during the fact check of the Twitter group, Trump threatened to close online networks on Wednesday - via Twitter. In the online service, the US president wrote that Republican politicians felt "that social media platforms completely silence conservative voices . " He further announced: "We will strictly regulate or close them before we ever allow that."  

Republicans feel that Social Media Platforms totally silence conservatives voices. We will strongly regulate, or close them down, before we can ever allow this to happen. We saw what they attempted to do, and failed, in 2016. We can't let a more sophisticated version of that ....

- Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 27, 2020

Shortly thereafter, Trump traveled to Cape Canaveral, where he attended the rocket launch of SpaceX, the company of Elon Musk, live.

Trump fails on Twitter fact check for unsubstantiated absentee claims

First report from May 27, 2020:

Washington - These posts probably backfired for US President Donald Trump : On Tuesday (local time) Trump gave his very personal opinion on postal elections on the social network Twitter . According to him, postal ballot papers are nothing more than fraudulent . "Mailboxes are robbed, ballot papers falsified and even illegally printed and fraudulently signed," Trump writes in the first of his two tweets, in which he speaks about the type of election process * that has long been common in many other countries.

There is NO WAY (ZERO!) That Mail-In Ballots will be anything less than substantially fraudulent. Mail boxes will be robbed, ballots will be forged & even illegally printed out & fraudulently signed. The Governor of California is sending Ballots to millions of people, anyone .....

- Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 26, 2020

Trump vs. Twitter: Fact check on the social network is not going well for the president

"This will be a manipulated choice ", Trump * is certain in his second tweet and announces: Not with him ("No way!"). More than 80 million people follow the US President on Twitter and read the information that it spreads day in and day out. However, there have been repeated allegations in the past that Trump would spread questionable allegations, misinformation or half-truths on the Internet. For the first time , Twitter has now subjected the presidential postings to a fact check - and is giving him an extremely bad testimony

"Trump incorrectly claimed that postal ballot papers would result in a rigged election," Twitter corrected right under Trump's post with a linked comment . And further: "Experts say that postal voting is very rarely linked to electoral fraud ." Trump's claim that California would send ballots to anyone who lived in the state, "no matter where they came from or how they got there," described the social network as false and emphasized that only registered voters would receive ballots.

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In this comment, Twitter corrected Trump's statements. 

© Screenshot: Twitter

Trump's allegations relate to upcoming California district elections for a vacant seat in the Washington House of Representatives. The governor of the US state, Gavin Newsom, wants to expand the possibilities of voting by letter because of the coronavirus pandemic in the election.

Trump vs. Twitter: Media service rejects allegations - the president responds

Twitter noted that, according to the NBC News broadcaster, five countries had already completely voted by postal vote. The company also referred to reports by Washington Post , CNN, and other media reports that the allegations that postal voting was causing massive election fraud had been dismissed as "unfounded." 

The US President responds promptly and unashamedly to the criticism. Twitter now wants to influence this year's presidential election, Trump accuses the company. " Twitter completely suppresses the FREE SPEECH and I, as president, will not allow it!" He announced further. Nevertheless, the President saw no reason to forego the use of the social network, at least for the time being - because he exchanged blows with Twitter on Twitter

. @ Twitter is now interfering in the 2020 Presidential Election. They are saying my statement on Mail-In Ballots, which will lead to massive corruption and fraud, is incorrect, based on fact-checking by Fake News CNN and the Amazon Washington Post ....

- Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 26, 2020

Trump vs. Twitter: The media service has tightened rules against fake news

For Trump, Twitter is one of the most important channels for spreading his political messages. He usually uses the service several times a day and not infrequently to violently attack his political opponents , to praise his own government work and to spread conspiracy theories . However, Twitter had never previously referred to misinformation in Trump's posts. 

However , two weeks ago the company tightened its rules against the spreading of false messages . A spokesman for the group said that the current Twitter note on the Trump postings on the postal vote in California corresponds to the company's new approach to misleading information. 

Also interesting: In February, the US President also didn't get off the net well for a completely different reason. A photo of Trump's face caused ridicule and malice. Meanwhile, pandemic and severe weather could come together in the United States.

In the United States, the protest escalates after George Floyd's death. Donald Trump's reaction is highly questionable *, said Munich Mercury editor Marcus Mäckler in a comment. Another comment on the riots in the US goes in a similar direction. Donald Trump continues to fuel the riots *, it says. 

cia with AFP material

* Merkur.de is part of the nationwide Ippen-Digital editors network.

Rubric list picture: © dpa / Susan Walsh

Source: merkur

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