Here’s Trump’s Executive Order. The gist of it is that it tries to strip social media platforms of protection under Section 230(c) when they “edit” content with labels like Twitter did to Trump’s tweets today. kateklonick.com/wp-content/upl…
Specifically, the Executive Order...
…stipulates that any removal or restriction of content outside the scope of being lewd, violent, or otherwise objectionable disqualifies the platform in question from protection under Section 230 (c)...
…stipulates that any removal or restriction of content outside the scope of being lewd, violent, or otherwise objectionable disqualifies the platform in question from protection under Section 230 (c)...
…directs all departments and agencies to apply section 230 (c) only according to that interpretation...
…directs the Commerce Department to file a petition with the FCC requesting that it come up with new rules as to what is considered “good faith” under Section 230 (c), especially when actions may be deceptive, pretextual, or inconsistent with terms of service...
…prohibits spending federal taxpayer dollars on advertising on “online platforms that violate free speech principles.”...
…directs the FTC to begin a federal review of unfair or deceptive practices by social media platforms...
…directs the Attorney General to do the same, in consultation with state attorneys general...
…directs the White House Office of Digital Strategy to collect publicly available information regarding “watch-lists of users based on their interaction with content or users” and “monitoring users based on their activity off the platform.”...
The legal folks seem to think that this whole thing is both a) legally laughable and nonetheless b) a way of making Twitter and Facebook's life very difficult.
H/T to @klonick for putting this out there, and to the anonymous source who sent it to her.
Also, does anyone know what the hell the last part is about? The collecting of information related to monitoring users likes, follows, and activity off-platform?
Good context from @daphnehk here, and helpfully color-coded!
And this from @persily, who thinks this can make life tough for companies.
