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BREAKING: Donald Trump is preparing a sweeping new executive order that
would threaten to destroy free speech on the internet. A leaked copy of
the order would give Trump political appointees at the FTC and the FCC
the power to block Facebook posts, YouTube videos, or anything else on
the internet that they consider unacceptable. The corporate media has
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Trump's "censor the internet" executive order comes in response to
claims by conspiracy theorist Alex Jones and other far-right activists
that platforms like Facebook and Twitter are biased against them. But
instead of protecting free speech, the order would repeal existing
protections in Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act, the law
that allows online platforms like YouTube, Facebook, and Twitter to
exist. The order then gives FCC Chairman Ajit Pai, a former Verizon
lawyer, and FTC Chairman Joseph Simons, a former lawyer for Rupert
Murdoch's News Corp, the authority to decide what political speech
online is acceptable and what's "fake news." It's a stunning attack on
free speech that's being condemned across the political spectrum—but the
corporate media is asleep at the wheel, either ignoring the story
entirely or burying the coverage. As a nonprofit, independent news
source, we can focus on the issues that truly matter, but we count on
you to make sure we can continue covering important stories like this.
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