Without Section 230, companies would not be willing to take so many risks,” Kosset says. He signed a new executive order on Thursday that will try to curb how social media sites use the legislation to prevent legal action. Why does Trump want to change Section 230? Trump and other Republican politicians, including Senators Marco Rubio and Josh Hawley, believe social media sites like Twitter are unfairly biased against conservative speech. This angered Trump, and he quickly vowed to apply greater regulation to social media sites.

Source: Forbes May 28, 2020 18:22 UTC