Trump administration wants net neutrality-like regulations for social media
Eliminating net neutrality was all well and good when the Trump administration and supporters were set to benefit from its demise. Now, however, government leaders seem to feel that some form of net neutrality needs to come back because they say social media sites are stifling free speech (of conservatives) on social media.
On Sept. 5, U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced plans to convene a session later this month exploring whether social media companies are “hurting competition and intentionally stifling the free exchange of ideas on their platforms,” Quartz reports. Given the administration’s tendency to bend the truth to their liking, Donald Trump and senior officials have gone after entities that don’t report their version of events. Historically, that’s been the press: Tr...