[Air-L] WH's 'executive order' on social media leaked

[Richard Forno]

That Tweety Amin's social media 'executive order' is out in less than 36 hours after he ranted about it strongly confirms this was their plan all along based on their rhetoric over the past year - they just needed the right moment to launch it for maximum effect.  (Relatedly:  good luck with it.)    Not to mention, he needs another 'enemy' to distract from his Covid-19 failings, and of course it's well known that anyone who dares challenge his view of reality/truth is fair game -- in this case, big tech.   

Boss Tweety's EO will try to invoke Section 230(c) when social media sites “edit” (his words) content with labels like what Twitter did the other day ..... but of course, Twitter didn't actually "edit" his content. IMO this will be an interesting legal case about content (his words) vs the platform displaying said content (the Twitter box).  

Kate's got some good legal responses on her Twitter feed and also in the NYT article. My CIS colleage Daphne Keller provides some additional (and useful) color-coded reaction/context as well.

PDF Draft @
https://kateklonick.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/DRAFT-EO-Preventing-Online-Censorship.pdf

A Quick Take on the May 26 Executive Order on Platforms and CDA 230
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1JnK80wk4Smcu3lt4TCwajQNTk0_v1sNR-FGhnoMZyWM/edit#