Trump Threatens to Shut Down Social Media Companies

This is after Twitter factchecks his tweet for the first time.

U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday threatened social media giants that his government could “strongly regulate” or “close them down” after Twitter fact-checked one of his tweets for the first time. “Republicans feel that Social Media Platforms totally silence conservatives voices,” Trump tweeted.

“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…happen again. Just like we can’t let large scale Mail-In Ballots take root in our Country. It would be a free for all on cheating, forgery and the theft of Ballots. Whoever cheated the most would win. Likewise, Social Media. Clean up your act, NOW !!!! ”.”

The president’s remarks came after Twitter slapped a warning label on one of his tweets on Tuesday, cautioning readers “Trump makes unsubstantiated claim that mail-in ballots will lead to voter fraud.”

Local media said it was unclear what authority, if any, Mr Trump was citing in his threat to close social media platforms down.

Twitter tagged two tweets of U.S. President Donald Trump on mail-in voting with a fact-checking warning label.

The label was imposed on two tweets Trump posted Tuesday morning claiming that “mail-in ballots will be anything less than substantially fraudulent” and would result in “a rigged election.” When a user browses these tweets, a link from Twitter shows “Get the facts about mail-in ballots,” then leads to tweets and articles debunking the president’s statements.

A Twitter spokesperson, in a statement to online publisher TechCrunch, said that the pair of tweets from the president “contain potentially misleading information about voting processes and have been labeled to provide additional context around mail-in ballots.”