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Trump’s ‘Today will be a big day for social media and fairness’ claim gets memed

He’s expected to sign a controversial executive order.

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Today, President Donald Trump is expected to sign an executive order that will direct the government to look into social media companies’ alleged infringing of the free speech rights of conservatives.

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The executive order comes in the wake of Twitter putting a fact-check on a tweet of Trump’s about voter fraud.

To help build anticipation for his signing of the executive order, Trump kicked off the day with a tweet.

“This will be a Big Day for Social Media and FAIRNESS,” the president posted.

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Given the fun phrasing, users on Twitter took it to crack jokes about their attitude in the morning while logging on, the possibility of Twitter adding an edit button, and a magnanimous approach to dealing with the haters.

“When I’ve set aside a few hours in the afternoon to clap back at the haterz,” wrote Christopher Hooks.

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While Trump’s executive order will attempt to investigate companies for supposed bias, it is likely to be challenged in court before it can go into effect.

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