Twitter, Facebook Not Invited To WH Social Media Summit For ‘Digital Leaders’

The Twitter timeline of US president Donald Trump is seen on 29 June, 2017, in Bydgoszcz,Poland  after he insulted TV show host Mika Brzezinski on the platform claiming he was bullied by Mrs. Brzezinski and her co-hosts on their show Morning Joe on MSNBC. (Photo by Jaap Arriens/NurPhoto)
The Twitter timeline of US president Donald Trump is seen on 29 June, 2017, in Bydgoszcz,Poland after he insulted TV show host Mika Brzezinski on the platform claiming he was bullied by Mrs. Brzezinski and her co-ho... The Twitter timeline of US president Donald Trump is seen on 29 June, 2017, in Bydgoszcz,Poland after he insulted TV show host Mika Brzezinski on the platform claiming he was bullied by Mrs. Brzezinski and her co-hosts on their show Morning Joe on MSNBC. (Photo by Jaap Arriens/NurPhoto via Getty Images) MORE LESS
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Social media giants Twitter and Facebook haven’t been invited to the White House’s social media summit.

White House spokesman Judd Deere had told the New York Times that the event will “bring together digital leaders for a robust conversation on the opportunities and challenges of today’s online environment.”

According to CNN Business, those “digital leaders” will not include any Twitter or Facebook employees.

However, Thursday’s summit will include far-right groups such as Turning Points USA and the Heritage Foundation.

Trump has repeatedly complained about being “censored” on Twitter, engaging with the conservative conspiracy theory that social media platforms are hiding their content.

“Social Media is totally discriminating against Republican/Conservative voices,” he tweeted in August 2018.

In late June, Twitter announced that it would begin labeling “abusive” tweets from politicians, which would let users know that the tweet violates Twitter’s safety and cyberbullying rules. Additionally, the tweet in question won’t be as visible on users’ feeds.

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  1. Propaganda Summit

  2. Avatar for ghost ghost says:

    Well, to be fair, they don’t invite actual climate scientists to discuss climate change either. Wouldn’t want to distress Donnie with facts, after all.

  3. Avatar for 2busy 2busy says:

    No one is intersted in what those small time losers like Twitter and FaceBook have to say, they want consensus dammit!

  4. Wow, that’s really gotta hurt multi-billion dollar platforms whose services the republican lie machine can’t do without.
    I bet facebook and twitter CEO’s are all broken up about not sitting down to listen to 45* bloviate for an hour and regret that they have to stay on their private beaches instead.

  5. Twitter and Facebook should demand to send suitable representatives. You know, the ones who just can’t seem to shake their nagging cough.

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