Trump Allows Commercial Fishing in Protected New England Waters 
Ohio Man Indicted for Alleged Threat Against Vice President JD Vance, Faces Additional Federal Charges 
New York Legalizes Medical Aid in Dying for Terminally Ill Patients 
Trump Allegedly Sought Airport, Penn Station Renaming in Exchange for Hudson River Tunnel Funding 
Iran–U.S. Nuclear Talks in Oman Face Major Hurdles Amid Rising Regional Tensions 
Nicaragua Ends Visa-Free Entry for Cubans, Disrupting Key Migration Route to the U.S. 
Trump Backs Nexstar–Tegna Merger Amid Shifting U.S. Media Landscape 
Trump Signs Executive Order Threatening 25% Tariffs on Countries Trading With Iran 
Trump’s Inflation Claims Clash With Voters’ Cost-of-Living Reality 
U.S.-India Trade Framework Signals Major Shift in Tariffs, Energy, and Supply Chains 
Antonio José Seguro Poised for Landslide Win in Portugal Presidential Runoff 
U.S. Lawmakers to Review Unredacted Jeffrey Epstein DOJ Files Starting Monday 
Netanyahu to Meet Trump in Washington as Iran Nuclear Talks Intensify 
U.S. to Begin Paying UN Dues as Financial Crisis Spurs Push for Reforms 
Israel Approves West Bank Measures Expanding Settler Land Access 
Trump Signs “America First Arms Transfer Strategy” to Prioritize U.S. Weapons Sales 
Jack Lang Resigns as Head of Arab World Institute Amid Epstein Controversy 
President Donald Trump is known for attacking his political enemies on Twitter, and later on, signed an executive order on social media sites. Now, a new lawsuit has come up against the order, claiming that it violates the first amendment.
The Verge reports that the Center for Democracy and Technology or the CDT, who filed the lawsuit, claimed that Trump’s Executive Order was done in retaliation of Twitter’s use of the First Amendment right to be able to moderate the messages Trump posts on the social media site. As Trump’s order attacked Twitter, the CDT further reasoned that this would end up keeping social media platforms from exercising its rights to free speech nor moderate Trump’s posts in fear of retaliation.
“The President has made clear that his goal is to use threats and retaliation and future regulation to intimidate intermediaries into changing how they moderate content, essentially ensuring that the dangers of voter suppression and disinformation will grow unchecked in an election year,” said the CDT CEO Alexandra Givens in a statement.
The signing of the Executive Order comes as a few of Trump’s tweets regarding mail-in voting and voter fraud were placed under a fact-check tag. The tags linked to articles from news outlets clarifying the facts on these issues that Trump has accused several states (and the Democrats) of. By the end of May, Twitter restricted another tweet from Trump for violation of its policies of glorifying violence.
Among the social media sites that would be included in this Executive Order was Facebook. CEO Mark Zuckerberg previously spoke out against Twitter’s fact-checking policy in an interview, saying that their platforms are not in the position to do such actions. However, Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey responded that it is their responsibility to also show the facts for people to be able to discern the truth for themselves. But Zuckerberg’s decision not to take any action on Trump’s Facebook post that is threatening to shoot looters has earned him backlash from civil rights leaders.
The activist leaders; Vanita Gupta, Sherrilyn Ifill, and Rashad Robison expressed their disappointment towards Zuckerberg, and said that the Facebook CEO is setting a very dangerous precedent for other people who would post harmful things on the platform. This statement came after they met with Zuckerberg and Facebook Chief Operating Officer Sheryl Sandberg on Monday.
