With the presidential decree, the Trump administration aims to investigate the neutrality of social media companies. The draft, which is currently under preparation but leaked to the press, emphasized the impact of social media on the public and emphasized the importance of protecting the competition between these platforms.
Within the scope of the decree, some government agencies will be authorized to take special measures to protect the competition between internet companies and to prevent these companies from harming consumers.
Trump's attitude towards social media
American President Donald Trump has repeatedly said that Facebook and Google are biased against conservatives. "Social media discriminates against republican / conservative voices. I'm telling you that we will not allow this by speaking clearly and clearly on behalf of the Trump administration.
Trump later claimed that the 'State of the Union' speech was not put on the first page by Google as it was in the Obama period. But it was revealed that this claim was not real and that Google put the conversation on the first page, as it did for former President Obama.
Material sanctions can be severe
The first additional clause of the American Constitution guarantees the freedom of expression of all persons and prohibits the government from imposing certain opinions on individuals and companies. Therefore, the decree is expected to have no effect on the freedom of expression on Google and Facebook.
However, new practices in unfair competition can be costly for companies.
The European Union had cut Google 4.3 billion euros on the grounds that it had previously done unfair competition. Decree and similar penalties will be allowed to be cut by US institutions.