Trump spoke to NBC News' Kristen Welker in an exclusive phone interview Saturday, discussing his plans on what to do about the popular social media app.
The law made that true.
If you read how it is was written it states that any social media company that the president deems a threat can be blocked. Aka he doesn’t need new legislation to block any other social media company, he can just say something like “rednote isn’t majority owned by the U.S. and I think it is a security threat, block it” and it legally would have to be blocked now.
“(2) a social media company that is controlled by a foreign adversary country and determined by the President to present a significant threat to national security”
True. And either way he wants to project the idea that he gets to decide if a platform lives or dies.
The law made that true. If you read how it is was written it states that any social media company that the president deems a threat can be blocked. Aka he doesn’t need new legislation to block any other social media company, he can just say something like “rednote isn’t majority owned by the U.S. and I think it is a security threat, block it” and it legally would have to be blocked now.
“(2) a social media company that is controlled by a foreign adversary country and determined by the President to present a significant threat to national security”