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THE ASTORIAN • SATURDAY, MAY 30, 2020
President Trump signs executive order
challenging social media protections
OBITUARIES
Margaret Turina Radich
Portland
Dec. 1, 1918 — May 22, 2020
Lashed out at Twitter for
fact checking tweets
Margaret Turina Radich passed away at Margaret was the center of her family, and
home May 22, 2020. Born in Portland, Ore- beloved by them. She enjoyed spending time
gon, Dec. 1, 1918, Margaret was the daugh- with her children and grandchildren, cel-
ebrating life and sharing family
ter of Margaret Vranizan Turina
history.
and Charles Andrew Turina.
She is survived by her children,
Margaret graduated from St.
Rita Radich Grant (Jeff), of Lan-
Mary, Star of the Sea High School
ham, Maryland, Paula Radich, of
and attended Astoria Business
Newberg, Oregon, Michele Dahl,
College. She was a bookkeeper at
of Portland, Anthony Radich
St. Mary’s Hospital in Astoria, and
(Sonja), of Denver, Colorado, Sis-
later worked at Chris’ News.
ter Kathleen Radich, Order of St.
On April 21, 1945, Marga-
Francis in St. Mary’s, Alaska,
ret married Anthony John Radich
John Radich (Kathy), of Eugene,
of Clifton, Oregon. Anthony and
Margaret Radich
Trina Radich, of Portland, and
Margaret had nine children.
Joan Sullivan (John), of Kirk-
Margaret’s life centered on
faith and family. She was a lifelong mem- land, Washington; 12 grandchildren; and two
ber of Court Columbia, Catholic Daughters great-grandchildren.
Margaret was preceded in death by her
of the Americas, Astoria, and served as grand
regent. In 2012, Margaret was honored for son, Mark, and husband, Anthony.
A Mass of Christian Burial was celebrated
her service as a Catholic Daughter.
She was active in St. Mary, Star of the Sea at St. Clare Catholic Church Thursday, with
Parish, serving as fi nance chairwoman for the interment at Ocean View Cemetery.
A public celebration of life will be held at
annual parish dinner and bazaar. She substi-
tute taught for the Sisters of the Holy Names a later date.
In lieu of fl owers, donations may be made
and led summer school religious education
to Francis Center, Society of Saint Vincent de
classes.
In 1970, the family moved to Portland. Paul or Oregon Right to Life.
By ZEKE MILLER
Associated Press
WASHINGTON — President Donald
Trump escalated his war on social media
companies Thursday, signing an executive
order challenging the liability protections
that have served as a bedrock for unfettered
speech on the internet.
Still, the move appears to be more about
politics than substance, as the president
aims to rally supporters after he lashed out
at Twitter for applying fact checks to two of
his tweets.
Trump said the fact checks were “edi-
torial decisions” by Twitter and amounted
to political activism. He said it should cost
those companies their protection from law-
suits for what is posted on their platforms.
Trump, who personally relies heavily on
Twitter to verbally fl og his foes, has long
accused the tech giants in liberal-leaning
Silicon Valley of targeting conservatives by
fact-checking them or removing their posts.
“We’re fed up with it,” Trump said,
claiming the order would uphold freedom
of speech.
It directs executive branch agencies
to ask independent rule-making agen-
cies including the Federal Communica-
tions Commission and the Federal Trade
Commission to study whether they can
place new regulations on the companies —
though experts express doubts much can be
done without an act of Congress.
Companies like Twitter and Facebook
are granted liability protection under Sec-
tion 230 of the Communications Decency
Act because they are treated as “platforms,”
rather than “publishers,” which can face
lawsuits over content.
A similar executive order was previ-
ously considered by the administration but
shelved over concerns it couldn’t pass legal
muster and that it violated conservative
principles on deregulation and free speech.
“They’ve had unchecked power to cen-
sor, restrict, edit, shape, hide, alter virtu-
ally any form of communication between
private citizens or large public audiences,”
Trump said of social media companies as
he prepared to sign the order. “There is no
precedent in American history for so small
a number of corporations to control so large
a sphere of human interaction.”
Trump and his campaign reacted after
Twitter added a warning phrase to two
Trump tweets that called mail-in ballots
“fraudulent” and predicted “mail boxes will
Evan Vucci/AP Photo
President Donald Trump holds up a copy of
the New York Post as he speaks before signing
an executive order at the White House on
Thursday aimed at curbing protections for
social media giants.
be robbed.” Under the tweets, there’s now
a link reading “Get the facts about mail-in
ballots” that guides users to a page with
fact checks and news stories about Trump’s
unsubstantiated claims.
Trump accused Twitter of interfering in
the 2020 presidential election and declared
“as president, I will not allow this to hap-
pen.” His campaign manager, Brad Par-
scale, said Twitter’s “clear political bias”
had led the campaign to pull “all our adver-
tising from Twitter months ago.” In fact,
Twitter has banned political advertising
since last November.
Late Wednesday, Twitter CEO Jack
Dorsey tweeted, “We’ll continue to point
out incorrect or disputed information about
elections globally.”
Dorsey added: “This does not make us
an ‘arbiter of truth.’ Our intention is to con-
nect the dots of confl icting statements and
show the information in dispute so people
can judge for themselves.”
On the other hand, Facebook CEO Mark
Zuckerberg told Fox News his platform has
“a different policy, I think, than Twitter on
this.”
“I just believe strongly that Facebook
shouldn’t be the arbiter of truth of every-
thing that people say online,” he said.
The president’s critics, meanwhile,
scolded the platforms for allowing him to
put forth false or misleading information
that could confuse voters.
“Donald Trump’s order is plainly ille-
gal,” said Oregon Sen. Ron Wyden, a Dem-
ocrat and advocate for internet freedoms.
He is “desperately trying to steal for him-
self the power of the courts and Congress.
... All for the ability to spread unfi ltered
lies.”
Carl Wilfred Kotaniemi
Warrenton
Nov. 14, 1923 — May 25, 2020
Carl Wilfred Kotaniemi passed away and one previously died of cancer (David,
peacefully in his home at Glenwood Vil- 1989). His wife, Helen, passed away in
lage, surrounded by members of his fam- 1976.
Carl is survived by his sister,
ily, on Memorial Day .
Helen Johnson, of Marquette,
He was born in Humboldt,
Michigan; three sons, Steven, of
Michigan, on Nov. 14, 1923, to
Astoria, Jeffrey, of Eugene, and
Charles and Hulda Kotaniemi.
Michael, of Ilwaco, Washington;
He had four sisters and two
and two daughters, Sandra Ogier,
brothers, all of whom preceded
of Hillsboro, and Cynthia Kota-
him in death except his young-
niemi, of Portland. Also surviv-
est sister.
ing are 13 grandchildren and 14
After becoming the fi rst in
great-grandchildren.
his family to graduate from high
A family service will be held
school, Carl entered the Air
Carl Kotaniemi
on Monday at 11 a.m. at Peace
Force during World War II, and
Lutheran Church, 565 12th St. in
was later honorably discharged.
After the war, Carl moved to Asto- Astoria.
A public service will also be held at the
ria, where he met Helen Christell Johnson
while working at Point Adams Cannery. gravesite at 1 p.m. at Greenwood Ceme-
tery on Oregon Highway 202. Pastor Steve
They were married on Oct. 11, 1947.
In 1954 they moved to Michigan, where Dornfeld of Peace Lutheran Church will
they stayed for 13 years before returning preside at both ceremonies.
Please join us in celebrating Carl’s 96
to Astoria in 1967, where he remained the
rest of his life. They had seven children, years, 6 months and 11 days as our family’s
of whom one was stillborn (Sylvia, 1949), beloved mentor and patriarch.
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Seattle
58 49
61 47
62 48
A brief morning
Mostly sunny
Cooler with rain
shower
62 49
64 50
Partly sunny
A shower
possible
61 49
59 48
Cloudy
Showers
possible
Aberdeen
Olympia
59/49
63/49
Wenatchee
Tacoma
Moses
Lake
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Astoria through Thursday
Tonight’s Sky: First quarter
moon (8:30 p.m. PDT).
Astoria / Port Docks
Temperatures
High/low ................................ 76/49
Normal high/low .................. 62/48
Record high .................. 81 in 1922
Record low .................... 38 in 1973
Precipitation
Thursday ................................. 0.00”
Month to date ........................ 3.30”
Normal month to date ......... 3.02”
Year to date .......................... 35.36”
Normal year to date ........... 33.31”
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Time
7:28 a.m.
9:01 p.m.
6.8 1:58 a.m.
7.2 2:25 p.m.
Cape Disappointment
7:05 a.m.
8:44 p.m.
Source: Jim Todd, OMSI
Hammond
SUN AND MOON
Sunrise today .................. 5:29 a.m.
Sunset tonight ............... 8:58 p.m.
Moonrise today ............. 1:31 p.m.
Moonset today ............... 2:34 a.m.
First
Full
Last
New
7:18 a.m.
8:54 p.m.
Warrenton
7:23 a.m.
8:56 p.m.
Knappa
8:05 a.m.
9:38 p.m.
Depoe Bay
May 29 June 5 June 12 June 20
6:16 a.m.
7:58 p.m.
2.9
0.3
6.5 1:17 a.m.
7.2 1:36 p.m.
3.4
0.3
6.9 1:34 a.m.
7.5 1:57 p.m.
3.2
0.3
7.2 1:42 a.m.
7.6 2:09 p.m.
3.0
0.4
7.1 2:59 a.m.
7.5 3:26 p.m.
2.5
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6.3 12:46 a.m. 3.1
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City
Atlanta
Boston
Chicago
Dallas
Denver
Honolulu
Houston
Los Angeles
Miami
New York City
Phoenix
San Francisco
Wash., DC
Today
Hi/Lo/W
83/64/t
79/59/pc
72/50/pc
87/64/s
84/55/pc
85/72/s
89/66/pc
75/57/s
88/73/c
84/56/pc
108/80/pc
73/57/c
84/60/pc
Sun.
Hi/Lo/W
82/64/s
70/49/s
70/53/s
87/65/s
86/58/pc
85/74/pc
90/69/pc
77/60/pc
87/74/pc
72/52/s
108/82/s
68/54/pc
74/53/s
Weather (W): s-sunny, pc-partly cloudy,
c-cloudy, sh-showers, t-thunderstorms,
r-rain, sf-snow fl urries, sn-snow, i-ice.
91/50
Kennewick Walla Walla
89/55 Lewiston
94/54
96/60
Hermiston
The Dalles 91/54
Enterprise
Pendleton 88/48
88/51
75/53
La Grande
90/50
63/48
NATIONAL CITIES
High (ft.) Time Low (ft.)
Pullman
91/51
61/49
Salem
90/50
Yakima 97/55
Longview
58/49 Portland
63/52
Spokane
89/55
62/47
61/46
Astoria
ALMANAC
/bodybymason
Corvallis
62/46
Albany
63/47
John Day
Eugene
Bend
63/46
75/39
90/49
Ontario
98/57
Caldwell
Burns
86/41
98/54
Medford
66/50
Klamath Falls
63/39
City
Baker City
Brookings
Ilwaco
Newberg
Newport
Today
Hi/Lo/W
91/52/pc
56/47/r
58/50/sh
64/48/r
56/46/r
Sun.
Hi/Lo/W
73/47/pc
62/50/pc
59/50/c
66/47/c
58/47/c
City
North Bend
Roseburg
Seaside
Springfi eld
Vancouver
Today
Hi/Lo/W
58/48/r
60/49/r
58/48/r
62/48/r
63/51/r
Sun.
Hi/Lo/W
62/49/c
71/52/pc
60/46/c
68/45/pc
65/48/c