参议员罗恩·怀登在周四的一份新声明中称唐纳德·特朗普提出的行政命令“显然是非法的”。该行政命令草案将削减《通信体面法》第230条下的平台责任保护，该法案于1996年与参议员克里斯·考克斯（R-CA）合著。

根据第230条，互联网公司对其用户创建的内容享有广泛的免责。周三宣布的这项命令草案将为商务部和联邦通信委员会重新解释这项法律打开大门，并授权联邦贸易委员会设计一个在线报告偏见的工具。

《通讯礼仪法》于1996年获得批准，由克里斯·考克斯（R-CA）和罗恩·怀登（D-OR）两位参议员撰写。在周四的一份声明中，怀登说：

I have warned for years that this administration was threatening 230 in order to chill speech and bully companies like Facebook, YouTube and Twitter into giving him favorable treatment. Today Trump proved me right. I expect those companies, and every American who participates in online speech, to resist this illegal act by all possible means. Giving in to bullying by this president may be the single most unpatriotic act an American could undertake.

Donald Trump’s order is plainly illegal. After driving our country into an economic and health care disaster, Trump is desperately trying to steal for himself the power of the courts and Congress to rewrite decades of settled law around Section 230. All for the ability to spread unfiltered lies.

Donald Trump’s misinformation campaigns have left death and destruction in their wake. He’s clearly targeting Section 230 because it protects private businesses’ right not to have to play host to his lies. As the co-author of Section 230, let me make this clear – there is nothing in the law about political neutrality. It does not say companies like Twitter are forced to carry misinformation about voting, especially from the president. Efforts to erode Section 230 will only make online content more likely to be false and dangerous.

Protecting expression that resists the tyranny of those in power is the very foundation of the First Amendment. Section 230 does not prevent Internet companies from moderating offensive or false content. And it does not change the First Amendment of the C***titution.

去年秋天，特朗普准备了一份类似的命令来修改基础互联网法。当时，根据CNN的报道，联邦贸易委员会和联邦通信委员会的官员警告说，该命令草案是违宪的。

联邦通信委员会的官员也开始公开谈论这项命令草案。民主党委员杰西卡·罗森沃尔塞尔（Jessica Rosenworcel）表示，该提案“不起作用”，“将联邦通信委员会转变为总统演讲警察的行政命令不是答案。”共和党委员布伦丹·卡尔（Brendan Carr）说，让公众参与到这项提案中“是有道理的”口译。