Trump orders government not to infringe on Americans’ speech, calls for censorship investigation
- President Donald Trump ordered that no federal officer, employee, or agent may unconstitutionally abridge the free speech of any American citizen, marking a step toward his campaign promise to dismantle government censorship.
- The executive order instructs the Attorney General to investigate potential infringements on free speech by federal actions during the Biden administration and propose remedial actions.
- Trump's order, signed at Capital One Arena, demonstrates his commitment to addressing what he calls the censorship cartel on his first day in office.
- The order does not acknowledge the seriousness of harmful online falsehoods, which have led to real-world threats, harassment, and violence, as noted by Nina Jankowicz.
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Disinformation experts call Trump's government censorship decree a 'direct attack on reality'
One of President Donald Trump’s first actions upon returning to the Oval Office on Monday was to sign an executive order aimed at “restoring free speech and ending federal censorship” of American citizens. The order bars federal officials from any conduct that “unconstitutionally abridges the free speech of any American citizen” and directs the attorney general to investigate whether the Biden administration engaged in censorship of Americans.
Trump’s Day 1 order to outlaw state-sponsored censorship reveals how tyrannical federal government got
After Congress and the Supreme Court failed to defend free speech, President Trump’s executive order took the first major step towards ending government censorship, from the top down.
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