Executive Order 14149: Restoring Freedom of Speech and Ending Federal Censorship

What the order contains

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• Sec. 1. Purpose
• Sec. 2. Policy
• Sec. 3. Ending Censorship of Protected Speech
• Sec. 4. General Provisions

Section 1, quoted from the order

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The First Amendment to the United States Constitution, an amendment essential to the success of our Republic, enshrines the right of the American people to speak freely in the public square without Government interference. Over the last 4 years, the previous administration trampled free speech rights by censoring Americans' speech on online platforms, often by exerting substantial coercive pressure on third parties, such as social media companies, to moderate, deplatform, or otherwise suppress speech that the Federal Government did not approve. Under the guise of combatting ``misinformation,'' ``disinformation,'' and ``malinformation,'' the Federal Government infringed on the constitutionally protected speech rights of American citizens across the United States in a manner that advanced the Government's preferred narrative about significant matters of public debate. […]

Federal Register notes

See: EO 14239, March 18, 2025