Washington (CNN) President Donald Trump is set to announce an executive order against social media companies on Thursday, days after Twitter called two of his tweets "potentially misleading." It argues that the protections hinge mainly on tech platforms operating in "good faith," and that social media companies have not. When large, powerful social media companies censor opinions with which they disagree, they exercise a dangerous power." The draft order also accuses social media platforms of "invoking inconsistent, irrational, and groundless justifications to censor or otherwise punish Americans' speech here at home." "He understood very early on that social media, Twitter in particular, gave him unvarnished access to the American people and his supporters.

Source: CNN May 28, 2020 04:02 UTC