President Trump’s Social Media Executive Order Would Restrict Legal Protections for Internet Speech

Written by Crowell | Published 2020/05/29
Tech Story Tags: social-media | twitter | social-media-executive-order | internet | internet-speech | free-speech | hackernoon-top-story | internet-legal-protections

TLDR President Trump signed an Executive Order that is apparently intended to cut back liability protection currently afforded under federal law to social media platforms that edit or eliminate third-party content that violates terms of service. The order is the latest in a growing conservative backlash against the media, which the White House perceives to have a successful and successful legal action, which would threaten the public interaction between the public and social media. The White House will act as a conduit to a working group of State Attorneys General for complaints about improper censorship.via the TL;DR App

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Written by Crowell | Law firm representing clients in litigation, trial, counseling, regulatory & transactional matters.
Published by HackerNoon on 2020/05/29