Trump's Social Media Bias Survey Is a Craven Data Collection Ploy

Trump's Social Media Bias Survey Is a Craven Data Collection Ploy

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https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/nea3vq/trumps-social-media-bias-survey-is-a-craven-data-collection-ploy

After months of posturing on Twitter about “censorship” and a perceived “anti-conservative bias” on social media the White House is asking Americans to report to the administration if they feel they’ve been censored by big tech companies. The survey asks respondents to fill out a form giving the White House their name, phone number, email address, social media accounts, and an explanation of how you feel you were censored.

“We want to keep you posted on President Trump's fight for free speech,” the survey says at the end. “Can we add you to our email newsletters so we can update you without relying on platforms like Facebook and Twitter?” The form also asks users to agree to the White House’s privacy policy, which states that, by submitting the information, you “grant the U.S. Government a license to use, edit, display, publish, broadcast, transmit, post, or otherwise distribute all or part of the Content. The license you grant is irrevocable and valid in perpetuity, throughout the world, and in all forms of media.”

Trump's Social Media Bias Survey Is a Craven Data Collection Ploy

May 17, 2019, 3:19pm UTC
https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/nea3vq/trumps-social-media-bias-survey-is-a-craven-data-collection-ploy > After months of posturing on Twitter about “censorship” and a perceived “anti-conservative bias” on social media the White House is asking Americans to report to the administration if they feel they’ve been censored by big tech companies. The survey asks respondents to fill out a form giving the White House their name, phone number, email address, social media accounts, and an explanation of how you feel you were censored. > “We want to keep you posted on President Trump's fight for free speech,” the survey says at the end. “Can we add you to our email newsletters so we can update you without relying on platforms like Facebook and Twitter?” The form also asks users to agree to the White House’s privacy policy, which states that, by submitting the information, you “grant the U.S. Government a license to use, edit, display, publish, broadcast, transmit, post, or otherwise distribute all or part of the Content. The license you grant is irrevocable and valid in perpetuity, throughout the world, and in all forms of media.”