[EL] Twitter EO

[Jonathan Adler]

Don't forget the military. I believe military ad spending is over a
half-billion annually, and a decent amount of that is online.

Jonathan H. Adler
jha5 at case.edu

On Thu, May 28, 2020, 7:55 AM Michael Parsons <michael at parsons.net> wrote:

> Section 230 "clarifications" aside, Section 3 of the EO seems like it
> might end up having the most immediate impact.  I can't imagine federal
> government ad-spend on social media platforms is high enough to have any
> significant effect on the platforms themselves, but it does seem like a
> very poor time to prohibit, say, the CDC from boosting the circulation of
> information online via paid ads.
>
> On Thu, May 28, 2020 at 6:02 AM Marty Lederman <
> Martin.Lederman at law.georgetown.edu> wrote:
>
>> Breathtaking but of course it mostly amounts to directing Commerce to
>> petition the FCC (within 30 days) for a proposed reg to "clarify"
>> 230(c)(2)(A) law.  Even if Wilbur Ross does so, it's hard to imagine (or it
>> *was* hard to imagine, anyway), the FCC doing anything with it.
>>
>> In other words, it is (not surprisingly) a political document, intended
>> to rile up the base.
>>
>> On Thu, May 28, 2020 at 12:41 AM Nate Persily <npersily at law.stanford.edu>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Attached is the draft of the Executive Order regarding removal of CDA
>>> 230 liability for Twitter and other internet platforms as well as
>>> encouragement of investigations of the Silicon Valley platforms.  Gotta
>>> say, this is truly breathtaking.   Eager to hear reactions from defenders
>>> of Citizens United on this.
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