Trump campaign manager, RNC chair ask social media companies for guarantees they won"t censor conservative content

Memes are transforming politics — and posing new challenges to social media companies grappling with their policies for political content......»»

Facebook, Google and Twitter have struggled to battle back allegations in Washington that they censor conservatives. A July 11 event could set the stage for even more scrutiny......»»

Social media companies have embraced artificial intelligence tools to scrub their platforms of hate speech, terrorist propaganda and other content deemed noxious. But will those tools censor other content? Can a program judge the value of speech?.....»»

AP Images Social media stocks are down Friday. Some GOP lawmakers are pondering whether social media companies censor conservative opinions, which they believe would call for legislation. Twitter is getting hit the hardest.  Social.....»»

Donald Trump's 2020 campaign and the Republican National Committee are asking Facebook and Twitter for assurances that they will safeguard access to "fair content" and guarantee that conservative voices are not censored or buried......»»

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Seventy-two percent of Americans on either side of the aisle say they think it is likely that social media companies “intentionally censor political viewpoints that those companies find objectionable.”.....»»

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Monday that it is "very dangerous" for social media companies like Twitter Inc (TWTR.N) and Facebook Inc (FB.O) to silence voices on their services......»»

President Donald Trump is promising to address what he says is the "very serious situation" of social media companies "suppressing" conservative voices and "hiding information" and good news......»»

A statement from the agency echoed sentiments from President Trump about anti-conservative bias in social media platforms......»»

A statement from the agency echoed sentiments from President Trump about anti-conservative bias in social media platforms......»»

The social-media platform is expected to announce its decision Wednesday morning after indefinitely barring Donald Trump from the site in January. Donald Trump addressing the Conservative Political Action Conference in the Hyatt.....»»

Every month or two, a social media platform grabs the spotlight, intriguing some and baffling others. In 2020, former President Donald Trump’s campaign to banish TikTok brought outsize attention to the video app. Earlier this year, Clubhouse su.....»»

"I don't like anyone ... to have their right taken away to send a message on Twitter or on Facebook," Mexico's president said on January 7. SAUL LOEB/AFP via.....»»

A House committee investigating conservative social media site Parler on Monday demanded answers about its ownership, possible ties to Russia and whether the company offered a significant stake to former President Trump to entice him to join the platform......»»

Becca Lewis says the difference between how social media companies present themselves and how they actually function is reaching a breaking point. Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey. REUTERS/Anushree Fadnav Becca Lewi.....»»

After big tech companies kicked Trump off Twitter and shut down right-wing social network Parler, extremist groups are moving to encrypted chat apps like Telegram. It's making it tougher for police to look for future attacks......»»

President Trump made reforming Section 230, the law that lets internet companies censor content, into a signature cause. Will the tumultuous end of his presidency, including his own deplatforming, advance.....»»

President Trump lashed out at Silicon Valley on Tuesday in his first public comments since Twitter banned him from the site, stressing the industry had done a “horrible thing for our country and to our country.".....»»

How six major social media sites addressed violations of their content policies......»»