Thread by @TechFreedom

CNN reports on a leaked summary of the White House's draft Executive Order about anti-conservative bias

Ironically, for all Republicans' complaints about "censorship," this order would ACTUALLY create an Internet speech police at the FCC & FTC

Our take: techfreedom.org/draft-social-m…

Trump’s order would transform the FCC & FTC from consumer protection agencies into regulators of online speech

Rs complain about ‘censorship’ by private companies. But this order would mean REAL censorship, empowering regulators to decide what kinds of speech are allowed online

That the GOP, after decades of fighting government meddling in broadcasting, now wants its own Fairness Doctrine for the Internet is staggeringly hypocritical

Read our April 2018 testimony to the House Judiciary Committee (the @DiamondAndSilk hearing):
docs.techfreedom.org/Szoka_Testimon…

After denouncing President Obama for urging the FCC to adopt the strongest possible net neutrality rules, will Republicans now cheer as President Trump dictates how two independent agencies should enforce a Bizarro Net Neutrality?!?

The draft order raises a host of thorny admin law questions, and is certain to wind up in litigation

But as with the Muslim travel ban, fighting about this in court, win or lose, would at least keep the fight going, which seems to be the White House’s primary objective anyway

If the White House loses in court, they’ll just insist that Congress must pass @HawleyMO's bill to effectively mandate neutrality for social media companies

That would be even worse, as we've explained: techfreedom.org/hawley-propose…

And as @BerinSzoka told CNN: “It makes no sense to involve the FCC here. They have rule-making authority, but no jurisdiction — they can't possibly want to be involved. It would be an impossible position.”

With any luck, as with the idea of nationalizing 5G networks, the Administration will realize this is a door that shouldn’t be opened — and simply abandon the idea.

But... we're not holding our breath

Get ready for years and years of fighting about this essentially fake issue