Trump threatens social media after Twitter fact-checks him

Trump and his campaign angrily lashed out on May 26 after Twitter added a warning phrase to two Trump tweets that called mail-in ballots 'fraudulent' and predicted that 'mail boxes will be robbed', among other things. Claiming tech giants 'silence conservative voices', Trump said, 'We will strongly regulate, or close them down, before we can ever allow this to happen' without offering specifics. — AP

WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump on May 27 threatened social media companies with new regulation or even shuttering after Twitter moved a day earlier to add fact checks to two of his tweets.

Claiming tech giants "silence conservative voices”, Trump said, "We will strongly regulate, or close them down, before we can ever allow this to happen.”