Donald Trump signs executive order seeking to strip Twitter and Facebook of ‘liability shield’ 

Donald Trump issued an executive order Thursday seeking to strip social media giants like Twitter of legal immunity for content they publish.

If this was enacted, the likes of Twitter and Facebook would become open to lawsuits and greatly increased government regulation.

The US president – angered this week by Twitter’s tagging of two of his tweets for the first time with a fact-check notice – said regulation was needed because the companies are no longer neutral forums but engaging in “political activism.”

More to follow.

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