A leaked draft of the EO shows companies could be made more vulnerable to claims of censorship from federal regulators.
Trump has been embroiled in a spat with Twitter this week after the social media platform fact-checked him for the first time over tweets he wrote about mail-in voting.
Little is known about the EO, which is expected to be signed on Thursday, or how far the President can impose regulatory changes without Congress.of the document revealed there could be changes to the way that a key section of the Communications Decency Act could be applied by regulators.
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