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Biden revokes Trump order on limiting social media firms’ protections

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U.S. President Biden on Friday revoked an executive order by former President Donald Trump that had directed regulators to limit liability protections for social media companies

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U.S. President Biden on Friday revoked an executive order by former President  that had directed regulators to limit liability protections for companies, reported news agency Reuters.

The Center for Democracy and , which had sued to block 's May 2020 order, praised Biden's reversal, arguing Trump's order “was an attempt to use threats of retaliation to coerce social media companies into allowing disinformation and hateful speech to go unchecked.”

Trump unsuccessfully demanded the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) set new rules to limit protections for social media firms under the 1996 Communications Decency Act. It shields the companies from liability for content posted by their users and allows them to remove lawful but objectionable posts.

Trump, who made his anger with social media companies a campaign theme, issued his order after Twitter tagged his tweets about unsubstantiated claims of mail-in voter fraud with a warning to readers.

After Trump's posts following the Jan. 6 Capitol attacks, Twitter and Facebook barred Trump from posting on their sites, and the following day FCC Chairman Ajit Pai said he would not act on Trump's request to limit social media liability protections.

Facebook did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Twitter declined to comment but referred to its initial statement about Trump's order, which called it “reactionary and politicized.”

Many legal experts and internet companies argued the FCC had no authority to issue regulations under the 1996 law.

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