The White House wants the platform reclassified as a publisher, exposing it to greater legal liability for what gets tweeted.
This could impact political discourse and the media globally In a world where truth-seekers worry about the adverse effects of fake news, to what extent should social media platforms intervene in what gets posted, forwarded and tweeted online?
Such services only have the right to snip out, edit or flag stuff that violates encoded norms of decency that cover violence and obscenity.
This is the stance of US President Donald Trump, who sought last week to reclassify platforms that go any further in their intervention as publishers, to be held responsible for all that appears under their watch and thus subject to the