The Presidential Social Media Summit comes after a federal appeals court ruled that Trump cannot block people on his Twitter feed.
David Jackson and Nicholas WuWASHINGTON – President Donald Trump will host a White House event Thursday on claims of political bias in social media, but it sounds like he will only hear one side of the argument – the conservative one.
In a tweet on Thursday, Trump said"the White House will be hosting a very big and very important Social Media Summit today. Would I have become President without Social Media? Yes !" Trump is holding the summit in the wake of a legal loss on the subject. A federal appeals court ruled Tuesday that Trump cannot block people on his Twitter feed, describing the practice as"unconstitutional viewpoint discrimination."Miriam Adelson wants a 'Book of Trump' in the Bible. We asked an expert if that's possible
And in June, Trump told Fox Business Network’s Maria Bartiromo that the tech companies should “be sued because of what’s happening with the bias.”In mid-May, the White House created a website that asked voters for examples of censorship on platforms such as Facebook, Twitter and Youtube.
Here are others who have said on social media or in media reports that they were invited to the event.Sen. Blackburn, a first-term senator from Tennessee, has been critical of big tech companies and what she refers to as “big tech censorship.” Her office said she plans to attend, according to Politico.Rep.
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