WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump, the historically prolific tweeter of political barbs and blasts, threatened social media companies with new regulation or even shuttering after Twitter added fact checks to two of his tweets.
He turned to his Twitter account — where else? — to tweet his threats. The president can’t unilaterally regulate or close the companies, and any effort would likely require action by Congress.
His administration has shelved a proposed executive order empowering the Federal Communications Commission to regulate technology companies, citing concerns it wouldn't pass legal muster.
But that didn't stop Trump from angrily issuing strong warnings. Tech giants “silence conservative voices," he claimed on Twitter early