President Donald Trump's executive order threatening liability carve-outs for social media companies could have a ripple effect across the globe, experts say.
Trump's order would remove a crucial liability shield for social media platforms under the Communications Decency Act if they censure or edit content. Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act protects such platforms from liability because they are considered forums for sharing ideas, rather than traditional publishers responsible for content.
In effect, it could strong-arm Twitter and other outlets into dropping future"fact check" endeavors. Trump said that would be a good thing. Carl Szabo, vice president and general counsel for NetChoice, a tech lobby arm whose members include Twitter, Google and Facebook, called the executive order a"dangerous precedent."
"The states have broad and powerful authority to regulate in this arena and they'll be doing it also. We encourage them to do it if they see exactly as we've been seeing," Barr told reporters."We'll continue to point out incorrect or disputed information about elections globally. And we will admit to and own any mistakes we make," he wrote on Twitter Wednesday evening."This does not make us an 'arbiter of truth.
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