In her article in the open access journal Internet Policy Review, Amélie Heldt writes about freedom of expression in the United States and the consequences of the US President's executive order on preventing online censorship.
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Abstract
While we consider social media platforms to constitute important parts of the digital public sphere - they host much of our daily communication - and subsequently expecting them to take responsibility and protect democratic values, we refute the idea that platforms become arbiters of speech. In other words, we criticise the platforms’ power over online speech but we want them to fix problems that go beyond corporate responsibility.
Heldt, A. (2020): The President and Free Speech: Consequences of Twitter's Fact-Checking Indication. In: Internet Policy Review, Op-Ed, published on 4 June 2020. online: https://policyreview.info/articles/news/president-and-free-speech-consequences-twitters-fact-checking-indication/1483
