Pres. Trump will welcome Republicans, right-wing social media personalities and conservative policy makers to the White House for a 'social media summit' that won't include some of the world's largest platforms.
President Donald Trump will welcome Republicans, right-wing social media personalities and conservative policy makers to the White House on Thursday for a"social media summit" that won't include some of the world's largest platforms -- Twitter, Google or Facebook.
"But they don't treat me right. And I know for a fact, I mean, a lot of people try and follow me, and it's very hard," the president alleged."I have so many people coming up that they say, 'Sir, it's so hard. They make it hard to follow.' What they're doing is wrong and possibly illegal. And a lot of things are being looked at right now."
The White House would not confirm the guest list for Thursday afternoon's event, but ABC News has confirmed it includes Rep. Max Gaetz, R-Fla., Charlie Kirk, president of Turning Point USA, a conservative youth organization, executives from the conservative think tank Heritage Foundation and James O'Keefe, founder of Project Vertias, which is known to secretly film journalists and executives in"gotcha" scenarios to try and reveal bias.
"There are a lot of concerns about how these tech companies are acting," Kirk of Turning Point USA told ABC News."In particular, the suppression of certain ideas, and conservative ideas, and how they're being labeled." "The First Amendment does not permit a public official who utilizes a social media account for all manner of official purposes to exclude persons from an otherwise‐open online dialogue because they expressed views with which the official disagrees," the decision said.
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