Ted Johnson The White House withdrew the nomination of Michael O’Rielly to serve another term as commissioner at the FCC, just days after he gave a speech in which he expressed doubts over President Donald Trump’s executive order to try to limit liability protections for social media companies.O’Rielly, a Republican who joined the commission in 2013, was facing Senate confirmation for another term that would have extended through 2024.The White House did not give a reason for the withdrawal of the nomination, and it was unclear if it was related to O’Rielly’s comments on Trump’s social media order.
The president and others on the right have long complained that tech platforms’ content moderation practices are biased against conservatives..
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