Trump slams Twitter for 'stifling free speech,' reiterates call to end Section 230

President Trump launched his latest attack against Twitter on Christmas Eve, accusing the company of “going wild with their flags” and “trying hard to suppress even the truth,” referring to his continued baseless claims of voter fraud in the 2020 presidential election.”Just shows how dangerous they are, purposely stifling free speech. Very dangerous for our country,” Trump added. “Does Congress know that this is how Communism starts? Cancel Culture at its worst.”BIDEN’S DIGITAL TEAM TAKES ISSUE WITH TWITTER’S NEW WHITE HOUSE HANDLE POLICYTrump also reitered his call to end Section 230, a provision in the Communications Decency Act which offers protections that shield social media companies from liability in relation to content posted on their platforms by third parties. The law has continued to remain in Trump’s crosshairs, with the president citing it as the reason for vetoing the $740 billion 2021 National Defense Authorization Act on Wednesday.”Your failure to terminate the very dangerous national security risk of Section 230 will make our intelligence virtually impossible to conduct without everyone knowing what we are doing at every step,” Trump said. “Section 230 facilitates the spread of foreign disinformation online, which is a serious threat to our national security and election integrity.  It must be repealed.”Trump, along with congressional GOP officials, claim that social media…
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