Trump demands social-media platforms turn over lists of political dissidents
The two-party system has all but shredded the First Amendment, which protects the rights of all Americans to speak out against their government without fear of censorship or political retribution.
Remember how Donald Trump prattled on about the evils of the Biden administration censoring Americans’ online activity and how he was going to restore free speech?
He said he was going to make the internet free again for conservatives to express their views and opinions without fear of being censored or shadow banned like they were under Biden.
That now seems like a distant memory. While X and Meta have marginally eased their censorship of conservative voices, the administration is taking a note from the Biden playbook and pressuring them to crack down on those who speak out against Trump policies.
Like Biden before him, Trump apparently thinks the First Amendment only applies to those who support him politically.
This week we found out that the Trump administration is working quietly behind the scenes to force online social-media platforms to turn over lists of people who post content critical of Trump.
The news outlet TechCrunch reports that in several cases over recent months, Homeland …
