Trump’s executive order attacking social media companies faces its first legal challenge

Trump’s executive order attacking social media companies faces its first legal challenge

4 years ago
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https://techcrunch.com/2020/06/02/trump-executive-order-lawsuit-cdt/

An executive order from the White House targeting Twitter for moderating one of the president’s posts is being challenged in a new lawsuit from a digital rights group. The president signed the order last week after Twitter added a fact-checking label to one of his tweets that made false claims about mail-in voting.

The order, signed with the blessing of Attorney General William Barr, took aim in particular at a law known as Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act, which protects internet companies from legal liability for the content they host.