Trump's social media executive order would sabotage his reelection by deplatforming himself
by Brad Polumbo
| May 29, 2020 05:44 PM
President Trump and his supporters really, really hate Big Tech. In particular, their ire is targeted toward social media companies who they, sometimes fairly, perceive as biased and censorious.
The president just signed an executive order instructing federal agencies to reinterpret Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act, the liability-shielding provision that enables social media’s existence. Trump has gone even further in a series of recent tweets, explicitly calling to outright revoke Section 230 protections:
So, it’s worth considering just what the ramifications of repealing Section 230 would be. Turns out, it would actually be a very bad thing not just for freedom of expression online, but also for the president's personal political fortunes...
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/trumps-social-media-e-o-would-sabotage-his-reelection-by-deplatforming-himself
