The White House drafted an executive order for President Donald Trump's signature that would instruct federal antitrust and law enforcement agencies to open probes into the practices of Google, Facebook, and other social media companies, the Bloomberg News website reports today (September 22, 2018).
The order is in its preliminary stages, said a White House official.
The document instructs U.S. antitrust authorities to "thoroughly investigate whether any online platform has acted in violation of any antitrust laws."
If signed, the order would represent significant escalation of Trump's aversion to Google, Facebook and other social media companies, whom he has publicly accused of silencing conservative voices and news sources online.
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