WASHINGTON (TNND) — President Donald Trump has issued an executive order aimed at curbing government censorship, marking one of his first official actions since returning to the White House. The order seeks to prevent the government from limiting free speech, a move Trump said is intended to "stop the weaponization" of speech.
The president’s executive order comes after Trump and his supporters have accused the federal government of pressuring social media companies to take down lawful posts over concerns around
All these comments from so-called TikTok 'refugees' showed up on Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg's most recent Instagram post, which was posted shortly after TikTok went dark for American users on Saturday night. The video of a surfing Zuckerberg, which was initially filled with Instagram users lauding his skills, was quickly overrun with angry users.
President Donald Trump signed an executive order intended to stop “government censorship,” a sweeping action that could chill years of efforts to combat the proliferation of false information online.
President Donald Trump signed an executive order banning “federal censorship” of online speech. Some fear it will make social media more toxic.
President Donald Trump used executive power to launch two separate investigations into former President Joe Biden's administration Monday.
President Donald Trump's new executive order on social media was immediately condemned in a statement by Nina Jankowicz, the president of the watchdog group American Sunlight Project, who called it a "direct assault on reality.
An employee memo from Meta’s vice president of human resources Janelle Gale, which was obtained by Axios, announced five major changes to Meta’s “hiring, development and procurement practices,” amid the shifting “legal and policy landscape surrounding diversity, equity and inclusion efforts in the United States”—i.e., the return of Donald Trump.
In 2012, Facebook creator Mark Zuckerberg proudly adopted the motto “Move fast and break things...
Geist said another target could be Canada’s Online News Act, which compels tech companies to enter into agreements with news publishers. Google, which is so far the only company to be captured under the legislation, has paid out $100 million to a journalism organization designed to disperse the funds.
Meta is under fire as users, including celebrities, report being unable to unfollow Trump accounts on Instagram
Costco shareholders voted down an investor proposal from a right-leaning think tank that urged management to investigate the business risks of DEI.