Biden Revokes Trump Order Targeting Social Media

President Joe Biden on Friday revoked former President Donald Trump's controversial executive order that aimed to regulate social media companies' editorial policies.

The now-repealed “Order on Preventing Online Censorship” directed government officials to consider issuing rules that could tie web companies' protection from lawsuits to the companies' content-moderation policies.

Trump's order specifically directed the Commerce Department to ask the Federal Communications Commission to issue regulations that could limit tech companies' legal protections when they restrict or remove material without providing a "reasoned explanation.”

He issued the order after Twitter alerted users to dubious claims he made regarding election fraud.