Under today's order, Trump said he's asking regulators to reinterpret a law that shields internet companies, such as Twitter, from lawsuits over content on their sites. He also declined to delete his personal account despite his criticism of the platform
President Donald Trump's attempt to punish companies like Twitter, Google and Facebook for alleged anticonservative bias takes aim at the online industry's most-cherished legal protections — but the shot ultimately could be a glancing blow.
"My executive order calls for new regulations ... to make it that social media companies that engage in censoring or any political conduct will not be able to keep their liability shield," he said, He also singled out Yoel Roth, the head of site integrity for Twitter, holding up his picture on the cover of the New York Post. Roth has drawn attacks from conservatives in recent days after people unearthed old tweets in which he appeared to disparage Trump and his supporters.
"One of the things that I found has the broadest bipartisan support these days is the feeling that this provision, Section 230, has been stretched way beyond its original intention, and people feel that on both sides of the aisle," Barr said.
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