Trump considering legislation that may scrap law that protects social media companies

Posted on AllSides May 28th, 2020
From The Center
White House, Executive Order, social media, Twitter, online censorship

President Donald Trump said he will introduce legislation that may scrap or weaken a law that has long protected internet companies, including Twitter and Facebook, an extraordinary attempt to intervene in the media that experts said was unlikely to survive legal scrutiny.

Trump signed an executive order on Thursday afternoon after attacking Twitter for tagging his tweets about unsubstantiated claims of fraud in mail-in voting with a warning prompting readers to fact-check the posts.

Trump said we may “remove or change” a law kown as section 230 through legislation so...

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https://www.reuters.com/article/us-twitter-trump-executive-order-social/trump-considering-legislation-that-may-scrap-law-that-protects-social-media-companies-idUSKBN2340MW

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