Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez takes a dig at Trump and Zuckerberg over Twitter fact-check row

Democratic Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez criticised US President Donald Trump and Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg on Friday, May 29. Ocasio-Cortez in her tweets stated that Trump and Zuckerberg are 'messing up democracy'. Her reaction comes amid Trump's row with Twitter. 

AOC on Zuckerberg's response

Responding to Trump's tweet citing Zuckerberg on fact check row, Ocasio-Cortez stated that both are messing US democracy. Zuckerberg h remarked that Facebook follows a different policy than Twitter and h said that social media platforms should t be arbiter of truth of everything that people say online. Here's AOC's tweet in response:

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Trump Signs Executive Order 'defending Free Speech' 

Meanwhile, Trump on Thursday signed an executive order targeting social media platforms and has spoken against 'selective censorship' by some online platforms. Trump has said order is aimed at defending free speech from one of 'gravest danger.' He also clarified that power distribution exercised by online platforms was 'un-American and anti-democratic'. 

He also asserted that  country cant allow a 'limited number of online platforms to handpick speech that Americans may access'. Even as Trump assured that he is for a 'free and open debate' on internet, he said:

"Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, and YouTube wield immense if t unprecedented power to shape interpretation of public events; to censor, delete, or disappear information; and to control what people see or do t see."

order furr directs executive branch to ask independent rule-making ncies including Federal Communications Commission and Federal Tre Commission to study wher y can place new regulations on companies.

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Twitter enables fact-check on Trump's tweet

Earlier on Tuesday, Twitter flagged Donald Trump's tweets pertaining to mail-in ballots, calling it 'potentially misleing.' Trump h tweeted: “Mail boxes will be robbed, ballots will be forged & even illegally printed out & fraudulently signed”.

Moments later as his tweets were flagged with fact-check tool, Trump lashed out at Twitter stating that social networking firm is 'interfering' with  US Presidential elections.

Trump went on to threaten that he will 't allow' 'stifling of free speech'. Trump's campaign team for upcoming elections also released a statement explaining that Twitter was trying to stop US President's mess go through to voters.

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