On Thursday 28th may 2020, Targeting social media companies Trump signed an executive order, do you know what is an executive order and what is the impact of it on social media companies and on people, then read this post
Before signing this Trump said the move was to “defend free speech from one of the gravest dangers it has faced in American history.” as he talked this from oval office (what is an oval office – located in the west wing of the white house which is in Washington D.C. it is working office space of president of America, and is active since the year 1909)
Before this federal law provides broad legal protection to social media companies and websites but to limit this president Trump signed an executive order and because of this move that is expected to draw immediate court challenges.
- what is an executive order (In the United States)
It is the order by the president of the United States that manages operations of the federal government.
It is also known as a proclamation, is a directive handed down directly from a president or governor (the executive branch of government) without input from the legislative or judicial branches.
An executive order is a directive from the President of the U.S. that has much of the same power as a federal law in America. … While an executive order can have the same effect as federal law under certain circumstances, but Congress can pass a new law to override an executive order, It is subject to a presidential veto.
if you want to read more about it then you can visit here
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what is the impact of it on social media companies and on people
From now on companies will have to get precautions when posting any news or content about American politics. and people will get a lower volume of news but true and filtered news. so for people, this is maybe happy news.
- what will change
It will give permission to the government to see content on the website about political speech. so before this time so many websites are freedom to talk anything about the politics of America but due to this order, there will be a limit on this from now on.
websites will be more careful when talking about the politics of America. They will think hundred of times before posting anything related to politics. some critics are said that this is a threat to free speech.
but what do you think about this? you can give your views on this in the comment box
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you can view this order in details here –
https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/executive-order-preventing-online-censorship/