The DC-based Center for Democracy & Technology filed a federal lawsuit naming Trump as a defendant saying his executive order on "preventing online censorship" violates the First Amendment. — Reuters
LOS ANGELES: President Donald Trump's executive order aiming to strip social-media companies' protection from legal liability for speech on their platforms is unconstitutional, according to a lawsuit filed June 2 by a nonprofit technology policy group.
The DC-based Center for Democracy & Technology filed a federal lawsuit naming Trump as a defendant "in his official capacity as President of the United States of America", saying his executive order on "preventing online censorship" violates the First Amendment.
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