“社交媒体完全歧视共和党/保守派的声音。为川普（特朗普）政府大声清晰地说话。”川普周六（18日）早上在推特上说道。川普说，社交媒体公司错误地压制右翼观点，并表示他的政府“不会让这种情况发生”。
在推特（Twitter）限制了右翼媒体人物亚历克斯．琼斯（Alex Jones）的账户几天后，川普就这一主题发表了最新评论。
Social Media is totally discriminating against Republican/Conservative voices. Speaking loudly and clearly for the Trump Administration, we won’t let that happen. They are closing down the opinions of many people on the RIGHT, while at the same time doing nothing to others…….
— Donald J. Trump(@realDonaldTrump) August 18, 2018
“社交媒体完全歧视共和党/保守党的声音。我代表川普政府大声清晰地说，我们不会让这个继续发生。他们正在屏蔽许多右翼人士的意见，同时对其他人不作为。”他星期六早上在推特上说。
…..Censorship is a very dangerous thing& absolutely impossible to police. If you are weeding out Fake News, there is nothing so Fake as CNN& MSNBC,& yet I do not ask that their sick behavior be removed. I get used to it and watch with a grain of salt, or don’t watch at all..
— Donald J. Trump(@realDonaldTrump) August18,2018
他补充说：“审查是一件非常危险的事情，绝对不可能成为（网络）警察。”
….Too many voices are being destroyed, some good& some bad, and that cannot be allowed to happen. Who is making the choices, because I can already tell you that too many mistakes are being made. Let everybody participate, good& bad, and we will all just have to figure it out!
— Donald J. Trump(@realDonaldTrump) August18,2018
“让每个人都参与，好的和坏的，我们都必须弄明白！”川普说。
川普此前曾提出“影子禁令”这一术语，用于描述社交媒体中的反右翼偏见，或者降低具有某些观点的人的能见度。
例如，当网民搜寻部分共和党人士的名字时，无论在网站或App，其“建议搜寻”的下拉式选单中，都不会出现他们的账号，即便打上了全名也一样；但是若使用者按下搜寻按钮，展开了所有搜寻结果的清单，共和党人的名字又会再度出现。
