Trump wants to freeze defense budget over social media clause

The US President Donald Trump wanted to block the country’s defense budget for 2021 from – for the point in which social networks are allowed to evade responsibility for user messages and to pursue an editorial policy in relation to them. This was reported by press secretary of the White House Kayleigh Makinani, her words are reported by RIA Novosti .

The spokeswoman stressed that the American leader is serious about this issue. According to Trump, Section 230 of the Decency in Communications Act, which is contained in the defense budget, threatens elections and national security.

According to this clause, social networks are not responsible for user comments, but they can make changes to them. Trump and his administration are in favor of holding sites accountable for censorship.

After the US presidential election, Twitter flagged many of Trump’s messages as “containing lies” or blocked them. The social networks themselves claim that they do not suppress anyone’s points of view, but they limit or remove content that violates their rules. At the same time, the leaders of states and parties fall under the patronage of some companies, for example, Twitter.

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