The Infinite Brief

The order would give these bureaucratic government agencies unprecedented control over how Internet platforms moderate speech by allowing them to revoke the essential protections Congress laid out in Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act (CDA).

In practice, this executive order would mean that whichever political party is in power could dictate what speech is allowed on the Internet.

If the government doesn’t like the way a private company is moderating content, they can shut their entire website down.