Section 230 Executive Order

President donald trump s executive order on social media is framed around the effort to remove protections under section 230 of the communications decency act.

Section 230 executive order. It doesn t do anything to undermine the part of. In may 2020 trump issued an executive order aimed at limiting the legal protection offered by section 230. He signed a new executive order on thursday that will try to curb how social media sites use the legislation to prevent legal action. The move came after twitter appended fact checks to several of his tweets regarding.

Regardless of the executive order and subsequent calls to repeal section 230 it appears to be highly unlikely that the protections in place will be revoked. Prior to issuing the executive order president trump made a series of statements on twitter regarding election fraud associated with mail in ballots after california announced the expansion of mail in voting during the covid 19. For all the passion it has unleashed president trump s executive order on section 230 of the communications decency act is pretty modest in impact. President trump now wants to change section 230.

Executive order on preventing online censorship. As i write today in. The executive order can t change the deregulatory posture and specific protections of section 230 but the president has broad authority to interpret the unclear meanings of statutes. Judge dismissed trump executive order on section 230 as legally meaningless in devin nunes lawsuit rep.

President trump on thursday may 28 signed an executive order targeting section 230 of the communications decency act a federal law that protects tech companies from being held liable for third party content shared on their sites. For those of us who teach torts section 230 has been a long controversy in its shielding of companies from liability in defamation and other lawsuits. Some of the thoughtful responses that stuck out are from adam thierer jennifer huddleston patrick hedger and adam white. Prominent among the ground rules governing that debate is the immunity from liability created by section 230 c of the communications.

Statement by commissioner starks on section 230 executive order document type s.