And it tasked federal agencies with reviewing their spending on social media advertising. The small move set off a firestorm of tweets by the president threatening social media companies with regulations and other punishments. But it could have far-reaching consequences, amplifying the Trump administration’s power over social media companies as the country gears up for the 2020 election, some critics cautioned. Those concerns long have stymied other U.S. lawmakers who similarly have hoped to hold social media companies accountable for the way they police content online. In doing so, they threatened for years before Trump’s executive order to revoke Section 230 as punishment for these perceived biases.

Source: Washington Post May 28, 2020 15:36 UTC