Trump Signs Executive Order to Limit Editorial Powers of Social Media Services

Trump Signs Executive Order to Limit Editorial Powers of Social Media Services

On Thursday, he signed an executive order intended to stave off future fact-checking efforts across the social media sector, as a whole. The full text of Executive Order 13925 is not yet available in the Federal Register, but a draft of the document was said to limit the scope of Section 230 in the Communications Decency Act. Curtailing this important paragraph could make online media services like Twitter, Facebook (NASDAQ: FB), and Instagram legally liable for content created by users of each service.