White House social media summit not a ‘one-and-done,’ President Trump’s allies say

President Donald Trump’s “social media summit” probably marks the beginning, not the end, of Silicon Valley’s political headaches, opening the door for the White House and its conservative allies to intensify their attacks on Facebook, Google and Twitter over allegations that they exhibit political bias. President Trump coupled his complaints about the tech industry with a promise to summon top tech executives to Washington in the coming weeks and a threat to unveil new regulations targeting the way social media sites moderate content. “Something is going to be done,” President Trump said July 12, the day after the summit, blasting the companies as “absolutely, in my opinion, 100 percent crooked.” Exiting the summit, some conservatives also pledged to be even more vigilant, vocal and aggressive about what they perceive as attempts by Facebook, Google and Twitter to silence their voices, threatening continued clashes between the tech industry and its critics ahead of the 2020 presidential election. July 12, President Trump suggested that he’d clashed with one of the social-networking companies, telling reporters he had “something happen this morning” but declining to provide details.