WASHINGTON (TNND) — President Donald Trump has issued an executive order aimed at curbing government censorship, marking one of his first official actions since returning to the White House. The order seeks to prevent the government from limiting free speech, a move Trump said is intended to "stop the weaponization" of speech.

President Trump issued an executive order purporting to end government censorship. Critics scoffed, saying his actions do just the opposite.

Will Oremus, tech news analysis writer for The Washington Post, says conservative lawmakers have always viewed moderating or fact-checking online content as censorship — even though the Supreme Court ruled last year that either is a form of protected speech.

All these comments from so-called TikTok 'refugees' showed up on Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg's most recent Instagram post, which was posted shortly after TikTok went dark for American users on Saturday night. The video of a surfing Zuckerberg, which was initially filled with Instagram users lauding his skills, was quickly overrun with angry users.

President Donald Trump has ordered that no federal officer, employee or agent may unconstitutionally abridge the free speech of any American citizen.

Maria Curi, tech policy reporter at Axios, joins Marketplace’s Kimberly Adams for “Tech Bytes: Week in Review.”

President Donald Trump signed an executive order intended to stop “government censorship,” a sweeping action that could chill years of efforts to combat the proliferation of false information online.

America’s tech oligarchy is making nice with the 47th president, but what about the Facebook founder’s pediatrician-turned-philanthropist wife?

Donald Trump’s official order to end “government censorship” sounds solid – free speech is vital in democracies, after all. But it’s not so simple, experts say.

Meta agreed to a $25 million settlement over a 2021 lawsuit President Donald Trump brought against Meta for suspending his accounts after the January 6th insurrection at the US Capitol. The Wall Street Journal was the first to report the news, and Meta spokesperson Andy Stone confirmed the settlement to The Verge.

The New York Times reports that the Meta CEO signaled to Stephen Miller that he wouldn't obstruct Trump’s agenda during a December meeting, where he also blamed the company’s progressive culture on his “close friend” Sheryl Sandberg.

Yes, indeed! What Brad Garlinghouse of Ripple Labs called “Gensler’s reign of terror” ended with Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Chair Gary Gensler’s resignation upon President Donald Trump’s inauguration.