On Wednesday, the Free Speech Alliance (FSA) responded to President Donald Trump's executive order addressing social media platforms' bias against conservatives by releasing the following statement setting out four principles these platforms need to adopt. Last week President Trump signed an executive order responding to the undeniable bias against conservatives on social media platforms. President Trump wasn't just angry about being personally fact-checked. He was expressing the frustration of the right and saying strongly that we are tired of being abused, suspended, censored, banned and otherwise mistreated on what are supposed to be free speech platforms. The Free Speech Alliance has been declaring since its inception that it’s time for social media companies to embrace the ideals of the First Amendment. Instead, they have layered on new rules, added restrictions, employed biased "fact-checkers," created a leftist oversight board, and much more. It's time for them to stop their campaign against conservatives: Stay out of politics. Stop censoring us. Stand up for free speech. Spread American freedom around the world. If Twitter, Facebook, and Google/Youtube embrace the four principles we have been encouraging from the beginning, it would go a long way towards addressing the concerns of conservatives. Those principles are:   1) Provide Transparency: We need detailed information so everyone can see if liberal groups and users are being treated the same as those on the right. Social media companies operate in a black-box environment, only releasing anecdotes about reports on content and users when they think it necessary. This needs to change. The companies need to design open systems so that they can be held accountable, while giving weight to privacy concerns. 2) Provide Clarity on ‘Hate Speech’: “Hate speech” is a common concern among social media companies, but no two firms define it the same way. Their definitions are vague and open to interpretation, and their interpretation often looks like an opportunity to silence thought. Today, hate speech means anything liberals don’t like. Silencing those you disagree with is dangerous. If companies can’t tell users clearly what it is, then they shouldn’t try to regulate it. 3) Provide Equal Footing for Conservatives: Top social media firms, such as Google and YouTube, have chosen to work with dishonest groups that are actively opposed to the conservative movement, including the Southern Poverty Law Center. Those companies need to make equal room for conservative groups as advisers to offset this bias. That same attitude should be applied to employment diversity efforts. Tech companies need to embrace viewpoint diversity. 4) Mirror the First Amendment: Tech giants should afford their users nothing less than the free speech and free exercise of religion embodied in the First Amendment as interpreted by the U.S. Supreme Court. That standard, the result of centuries of American jurisprudence, would enable the rightful blocking of content that threatens violence or spews obscenity, without trampling on free speech liberties that have long made the United States a beacon for freedom.   Signatures: L. Brent Bozell III Founder and President Media Research Center Jenny Beth Martin Honorary Chairman Tea Party Patriots Action Marjorie Dannenfelser President Susan B. Anthony List Adam Brandon President FreedomWorks   David N. Bossie President Citizens United Thomas Spence President and Publisher Regnery Publishing Penny Nance President and CEO Concerned Women for America Morton Blackwell President Leadership Institute LTC Allen West Senior Fellow Media Research Center Justin Danhof General Counsel National Center for Public Policy Research Will Chamberlain Publisher Human Events Mathew Staver Founder and Chairman Liberty Counsel Tim Wildmon President American Family Association Charles Copeland President Intercollegiate Studies Institute Rachel Bovard Senior Director of Policy Conservative Partnership Institute Ed Corrigan Executive Director Conservative Partnership Institute Kristan Hawkins President Students for Life of America Terry Schilling Executive Director American Principles Project Brigitte Gabriel President ACT for America   Saulius Anuzis President 60 Plus Association   Lori Roman President American Civil Rights Union Christie-Lee McNally President Raven Strategies Rick Manning President Americans for Limited Government Deborah Weiss, Esq. Attorney and Author Sharon Slater President Family Watch International Floyd Brown Publisher Western Journal Dr. Ted Baehr Chairman Christian Film and Television Commission   David Kupelian VP and Managing Editor WorldNetDaily John-Henry Westen Editor-in-Chief, Co-Founder Life Site News C. Preston Noell III President Tradition, Family, Property, Inc. Bill Donohue President Catholic League Anne Schlafly Cori Chairman Eagle Forum   Steve Jalsevac Managing Director, Co-Founder Life Site News Jon Schweppe Director of Policy and Government Affairs American Principles Project Austin Ruse President Center for Family and Human Rights Ryan Williams President Claremont Institute Becky Gerritson Executive Director Eagle Forum of Alabama George Rasley Managing Editor Conservative HQ Kassy Dillon Founder and President Lone Conservative Mark Fitzgibbons President of Corporate Affairs American Target Advertising Paul Gessing President Rio Grande Foundation Ryan Bomberger Chief Creative Officer The Radiance Foundation Rod Martin CEO The Martin Organization James Nolan President Crossroads Pro-Life Walks Across America James Taylor President Heartland Institute Gene Mills President Louisiana Family Forum Steven Ertelt Editor LifeNews.com Kevin Freeman NSIC Institute Founder and Chairman Gavin Wax Publisher The Schpiel