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'Too many voices are being destroyed': Trump says he 'won't let' social media target conservatives
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BRIDGEWATER, N.J. (AP) — President Donald Trump is accusing social media companies of "totally discriminating against Republican/Conservative voices" and says "we won't let that happen."
Trump's Saturday morning tweets come as companies have been working to ban right-wing "Infowars" conspiracy theorist Alex Jones from their platforms.
Jones has faced backlash for suggesting that the Sandy Hook massacre was a hoax and that Hillary Clinton was ivolved in a pedophilia ring.
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Social Media is totally discriminating against Republican/Conservative voices. Speaking loudly and clearly for the Trump Administration, we won’t let that happen. They are closing down the opinions of many people on the RIGHT, while at the same time doing nothing to others....... Tweet Embed:
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.....Censorship is a very dangerous thing & absolutely impossible to police. If you are weeding out Fake News, there is nothing so Fake as CNN & MSNBC, & yet I do not ask that their sick behavior be removed. I get used to it and watch with a grain of salt, or don’t watch at all.. Tweet Embed:
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....Too many voices are being destroyed, some good & some bad, and that cannot be allowed to happen. Who is making the choices, because I can already tell you that too many mistakes are being made. Let everybody participate, good & bad, and we will all just have to figure it out!
Apple, YouTube and Spotify have permanently removed some of his content, Facebook has suspended him for 30 days and removed some of his pages, while Twitter has given Jones a weeklong timeout and is mulling deeper changes to try to limit the spread of fake news, misinformation and hate speech.
On Wednesday, Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey said they may change the service to add alternative viewpoints users' timelines to reduce online "echo chambers."
Trump did not mention Jones by name in his tweets, which complained that, "Too many voices are being destroyed, some good & some bad."
Trump appeared on Jones' program during the 2016 campaign and praised his "amazing" reputation.
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