Trump’s Executive Order on Preventing Online Censorship

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Statement from the Press Secretary Regarding the Implementation of President Trump’s Executive Order on Preventing Online Censorship

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Issued on: July 29, 2020
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On Monday, the Department of Commerce, as directed by President Donald J. Trump’s Executive Order on Preventing Online Censorship, filed a petition to clarify the scope of Section 230 of the 1996 Communications Decency Act. The petition requests that the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) clarify that Section 230 does not permit social media companies that alter or editorialize users’ speech to escape civil liability. The petition also requests that the FCC clarify when an online platform curates content in “good faith,” and requests transparency requirements on their moderation practices, similar to requirements imposed on broadband service providers under Title I of the Communications Act.  President Trump will continue to fight back against unfair, un-American, and politically biased censorship of Americans online.


https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefings-statements/statement-press-secretary-regarding-implementation-president-trumps-executive-order-preventing-online-censorship/

Tech CEOs testify to Congress at antitrust hearing: live updates


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From Fox News' Hillary Vaughn:

Google's Sundar Pichai says he does remember being in meeting post-2016 election where executives openly plotted to make "Trumps win a blip in the populist movement". Pichai says "yes I do" when asked if he remembered that meeting and added, "it was in the context through the election" saying, "across both sides a lot of opinions...it was a polarizing moment generally...there was lot of rhetoric about certain issues".

Pichai says after the controversy he then issued company guidelines that made it clear that employees can not have their political view impact Google's products.