The U.S. government will no longer "label the speech of our own citizens as 'misinformation' or 'disinformation,'" President Donald Trump said Thursday during an address to the World Economic Forum.
Speaking by video from the White House to the annual summit in Davos, Switzerland, Trump, on his third full day in office, ran through his flurry of executive actions since his swearing-in and claimed that he had a "massive mandate" from the American people to bring change.
"We have saved free speech in America, and we've saved it strongly," he said. "On day one, I signed an executive order to stop all government censorship.
"No longer will our government label the speech of our own citizens as misinformation or disinformation, which are the favorite words of sensors and those who wish to stop the free exchange of ideas and, frankly, progress."
Trump on Monday ordered that no federal officer, employee or agent may unconstitutionally abridge the free speech of any American citizen, an early step toward his campaign promise to dismantle what he called government "censorship" of U.S. citizens.
Trump's executive order, issued just hours after he was sworn in to a second term, came after Trump and his supporters have accused the federal government of pressuring social media companies to take down lawful posts over concerns about misinformation.
The order also instructs the attorney general, in consultation with other executive agency heads, to investigate how federal government actions over the four years of the Biden administration could have infringed on free speech and propose "remedial actions" based on the findings.
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