Trump Considers Executive Order to Make FCC Police How Social Media Prioritizes Content (Report)

Donald Trump is considering a sweeping executive order to give the Federal Communications Commission authority to oversee how social media platforms curate content, CNN reported Friday. CNN reported that it had obtained a summary of a draft of the executive order, titled “Protecting Americans from Online Censorship.” According to the network, the draft said that the Trump administration has received at least “15,000 anecdotal complaints” about censorship of certain political viewpoints on social media, and will share them with the FCC. These complaints likely came from an online forum the administration launched in May encouraging Americans to report any actions they considered to be social media censorship. Also Read: Armie Hammer Calls Out Marvel Entertainment Chairman Isaac Perlmutter as Major Trump Donor According to CNN, the executive order would also ask the Federal Trade Commission to open a public complaint forum of its own and work with the FCC to produce a report into how tech companies curate content. The network said also that the order would target platforms with month users equaling or surpassing one-eighth of the population of the United States, and specifically names Facebook, Google, Instagram, Twitter, Pinterest and Snapchat. The draft executive order also seeks to...

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