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		xmly on May 28, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Trump signs executive order targeting protections ... Why is this the First Amendment issue? Trump was not blocked from tweeting. Twitter just added one small sign next to his tweets. Even Trump owns his tweets and Twitter owns the rest of the webpage.

_-david-_ on May 28, 2020 [–]

It doesn't have anything to do with blocking Trump or fact checking him. It has to do with bias against conservatives. Trump had talked about this well before he was fact checked.

From a few days ago (prior to Trump being fact checked): https://www.theverge.com/2020/5/23/21268433/president-trump-...

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