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Biden Revokes Trump’s Order Targeting Online Censorship

Trump: "It is the policy of the United States that such a provider should properly lose the limited liability shield ... and be exposed to liability like any traditional editor and publisher that is not an online provider."

Hank Berrien
Biden Revokes Trump’s Order Targeting Online Censorship
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President Biden on Friday revoked former President Trump’s executive order from May 2020 targeting online censorship. Trump wanted interactive computer services such as  Twitter, Facebook, and Google, among others, to be held responsible for content posted to their platforms.

In Trump’s Executive Order 13925 of May 28, 2020, he wrote that the policy of the United States should be that “an internet provider be exposed to liability like any traditional editor and publisher that is not an online provider.” Trump specifically addressed Section 230 of the U.S. Code, which states:

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