Trump administration seeks dismissal of lawsuit against executive order regulating social media
What you need to know
- The Trump administration is defending an executive order targeting social media.
- A lawsuit has been filed against the administration over a May order seeking to regulate social media companies.
- The administration says the EO imposes no obligations on private parties.
Lawyers for the Trump administration have filed a motion seeking to dismiss a lawsuit filed over the President's recent executive order targeting social media platforms.
In June, the Center for Democracy and Technology filed a suit against the President's executive order, issued in May. The CDT is a tech group based in the U.S. capital funded by Facebook, Google, and Twitter. As the report notes:
According to the lawsuit and the CDT, Trump's executive order violates the First Amendment rights of social media companies and will suppress the ability of Americans to speak freely online. In its defense, the administration claims the executive order is a directive for government agencies only, not private companies:
The CDT described the order as "unconstitutional" and crippled by "severe constitutional deformities". You can read the full report here.
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