President Donald Trump meets with supply chain distributors in reference to the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic, in the Cabinet Room in the West Wing at the White House on March 29, 2020. (Photo by Pete Marovich-Pool/Getty Images) WASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump on Wednesday threatened social media companies with new regulation or even shuttering a day after Twitter added fact checks to two of his tweets.
The president can’t unilaterally regulate or close the companies, which would require action by Congress or the Federal Communications Commission.
But that didn't stop Trump from angrily issuing a strong warning. Claiming tech giants “silence conservative voices,” Trump tweeted, “We will strongly regulate, or close them down,