Donald Trump Moves Forward With Plan To Regulate Social Media

Donald Trump is moving forward with his plan to regulate social media after feeling that he was constantly being bullied.

After expressing his concerns, the US National Telecommunications and Information Agency (NTIA), part of the Department of Commerce, has taken the first steps towards social media regulation.

Per Forbes, NTIA has filed a formal petition to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), asking it to issue rules on when these social media platforms are liable for user content posted on their sites.

FCC commissioner Brendan Carr met with the petition,

“The federal government has provided virtually no guidance on how the unique and conditional set of legal privileges Congress conferred on social media companies should be interpreted today,” he says.

“The Section 230 petition provides an opportunity to bring much-needed clarity to the statutory text. And it allows us to move forward in a way that will empower speakers to engage in ‘a forum for a true diversity of political discourse,’ as Congress envisioned when it passed Section 230.”

However many believe that the petition is unconstitutional.

Yesterday Trump took to Twitter to share how displeased he was with the negative tweets trending about him.

“So disgusting to watch Twitter’s so-called “Trending”, where sooo many trends are about me, and never a good one. They look for anything they can find, make it as bad as possible, and blow it up, trying to make it trend. Really ridiculous, illegal, and, of course, very unfair!”