White House drafting executive order to tackle Silicon Valley's alleged anti-conservative bias
Source: Politico.com
By MARGARET HARDING MCGILL and DANIEL LIPPMAN 08/07/2019 03:07 PM EDT
The White House is circulating drafts of a proposed executive order that would address allegations of anti-conservative bias by social media companies, according to a White House official and two other people familiar with the matter — a month after President Donald Trump pledged to explore "all regulatory and legislative solutions" on the issue.
None of the three would describe the contents of the order, which one person cautioned has already taken many different forms and remains in flux. But its existence, and the deliberations surrounding it, are evidence that the administration is taking a serious look at wielding the federal government’s power against Silicon Valley.
“If the internet is going to be presented as this egalitarian platform and most of Twitter is liberal cesspools of venom, then at least the president wants some fairness in the system,” the White House official said. “But look, we also think that social media plays a vital role. They have a vital role and an increasing responsibility to the culture that has helped make them so profitable and so prominent."
Two other people knowledgeable about the discussions also confirmed the existence of the draft order.
Read more: https://www.politico.com/story/2019/08/07/white-house-tech-censorship-1639051
The level of clueless hubris this suggests it staggering but the potential damage to our Democratic norms is incalculable.
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