The FCC Knows Trump's Social Media Order Is A Joke, But Fecklessly Pretends Otherwise
https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20200803/09483145027/fcc-knows-trumps-social-media-order-is-joke-fecklessly-pretends-otherwise.shtml
We've mentioned at great length how Trump's executive order to more heavily "regulate" social media is an unworkable joke. It attempts to tackle a problem that doesn't exist ("Conservative censorship") by attacking a law that actually protects free speech (Section 230), all to be enforced by agencies (like the FCC) that don't actually have the authority to do anything of the sort. You can't overrule the law by executive order or regulatory fiat, nor can you ignore the Constitution. The EO is a dumb joke by folks who don't understand how any of this works, and it should be treated as such.
Instead, most press coverage of the move is still somehow framed as "very serious adult policy," despite being little more than a glorified brain fart.