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As drafted, the order would make it easier for federal regulators to hold companies such as Twitter Inc. and Facebook Inc. liable for unfairly curbing users’ speech, for example, by suspending their accounts or deleting their posts.

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As the president ramps up his feud with social media companies, Twitter's Jack Dorsey says he's "ultimately accountable" for decisions the company makes.

, May 28, 2020 10:45 a.m. PT Listen - 03:53 President Donald Trump is pushing back against social media companies after his tweets were fact-checked.

James Martin/CNET President Donald Trump plans to sign an executive order Thursday about social media, according to tweets by several White House reporters on Wednesday. The expected move comes after fact-checked Trump tweets on mail-in ballots for containing "potentially misleading misinformation."

No other official details about what the executive order will contain have been released, but The Washington Post reported late Wednesday that it'll be a of the Communications Decency Act from 1996, which shields online companies from liability for content posted by their users.

Multiple media organizations, including and , obtained what appears to be the draft order Wednesday night. Kate Klonick, an assistant legal professor at St. John's University School of Law, also published what she said was a on Twitter.

The apparent draft version of the order, which could change, would instruct the Commerce Department to ask the Federal Communications Commission to call a rule-making proceeding to reconsider the scope of the law. It would also give the Federal Trade Commission responsibility for investigating complaints of political bias to determine whether tech companies' content moderation policies conflict with their pledges for neutrality.

On Thursday morning, that this will be "a Big Day for Social Media and FAIRNESS!" Trump later added in another tweet that it's "So ridiculous to see Twitter trying to make the case that Mail-In Ballots are not subject to FRAUD" and singled out , who oversees site integrity on Twitter, as a "hater." Executives for the company have said that the decision to label Trump's tweet was made by a group, not a single person.

The expected action by Trump highlights how tensions between some of the world's largest social networks and conservatives are heating up amid the companies' efforts to crack down on misinformation. Twitter and other social media companies have repeatedly denied they suppress conservative speech.

The draft order has already sparked concerns about its impact on free speech.

"Much as he might wish otherwise, Donald Trump is not the president of Twitter. This order, if issued, would be a blatant and unconstitutional threat to punish social media companies that displease the president," said ACLU Senior Legislative Counsel Kate Ruane in a statement.

Other experts questioned if government agencies will follow through with the order.

Marty Lederman, a law professor at Georgetown University Law Center, tweeted that "it's hard to imagine the FCC will do anything" with the executive order.

> ... it's hard to imagine the FCC will do anything with it. And as for the FTC, Trump doesn't have the authority to issue his directive, and the Commission will ignore it.

Pay no attention to that man in front of the curtain. /2

— Marty Lederman (@marty_lederman) The FTC and FCC are independent agencies so experts say it would be up to them to decide whether to carry out Trump's executive order if it's signed. Robert McDowell, a former Republican commissioner at the FCC, tweeted that "this speech control is #unconstitutional."

> Re draft making police online : As a matter of law, a cannot confer on FCC, an independent agency, new legal powers. W/ online platforms being speakers under like TV channels & newspapers, this speech control is

— Robert M. McDowell (@McDowellTweet) The FCC didn't have a comment about the draft order. But the commissioners appear to be divided over the proposal.

"Social media can be frustrating. But an Executive Order that would turn the FCC into the President's speech police is not the answer. It's time for those in Washington to speak up for the First Amendment. History won't be kind to silence," tweeted on Thursday.

Republican Commissioner Brendan Carr said in an that if a company like Twitter decides "to engage in partisan political debates" and directly take on the president then that "raises questions about whether they should get special treatment."

The Wall Street Journal reported over the weekend that Trump is for supposed bias against conservative views. The executive order has reportedly been reworked several times in recent years and could still change, sources told the newspaper.

The White House referred CNET to "pool reports" when asked for more details about the executive order.

Trump and social media Earlier on Wednesday, Trump said in a tweet that Twitter "has now shown that everything we have been saying about them (and their other compatriots) is correct" and that "big action" would follow. He didn't specify what this action would be but White House reporters for The New York Times, PBS and CNN tweeted on Wednesday that the president will sign an executive order "pertaining to social media" on Thursday.

On Tuesday, Trump tweeted to his more than 80 million followers that "There is NO WAY (ZERO!) that Mail-in-Ballots will be anything less than substantially fraudulent," a claim that has been debunked by fact-checkers and news organizations. He continued his remarks in another tweet, stating that it will be a "Rigged Election." In a rare move, Twitter then added a label to Trump's two tweets because they contained "potentially misleading information about voting processes."

A label appears under both tweets that reads: "Get the facts about mail-in ballots." Clicking on the warning notice directs people to a explaining that say there isn't any evidence that mail-in ballots are linked to voter fraud. The same remarks also appeared on Facebook but the company didn't send the post to its third-party fact-checkers.

Twitter CEO responded to that criticism directed at Twitter executives by saying that he's "ultimately accountable" for the company's decisions.

"Please leave our employees out of this," Dorsey late Wednesday. "We'll continue to point out incorrect or disputed information about elections globally. And we will admit to and own any mistakes we make."

> Fact check: there is someone ultimately accountable for our actions as a company, and that’s me. Please leave our employees out of this. We’ll continue to point out incorrect or disputed information about elections globally. And we will admit to and own any mistakes we make.

— jack (@jack) Trump has previously accused social media sites of being , and the where people can report whether they thought their social media accounts were banned due to political bias.

Social media giants have faced losing their protection under a re-examination of Section 230 before. In June 2019, Sen. Josh Hawley, a Republican from Missouri, introduced the , which would remove tech companies' automatic immunity.

A month later, representatives from Google, and Twitter testified in a congressional hearing that their respective companies made , but that they aren't censoring with a political bias.

Twitter, Google and Facebook declined to comment. Snap and TikTok didn't respond.



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