In President Trump's new executive order, the key provision isn't that social media companies might bear liability as "publishers." The key is that President is trying to leverage a threat of consumer-protection lawsuits & regulations against them.https://www.yalejreg.com/nc/the-new-executive-order-on-social-media-is-primarily-about-consumer-protection-laws-not-publisher-status/ …
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In the long run, the biggest impact of Trump's social-media E.O. may be its tactics for expanding the administrative state's impact on Internet speech, creating tools and precedents that future Presidents will use on these and other matters.https://thebulwark.com/trumps-executive-order-on-social-media-grows-the-administrative-state/ …
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