Will Trump's Social Media Executive Order Help Against Crypto YouTube Bans?

Those in the know expect President Trump to sign a fresh executive order today, imposing greater accountability on social media providers.

The order draft, labeled at press time as "Preventing Online Censorship," brings further clarity to social media industry boundaries, ABC News said on May 28.

"This will be a Big Day for Social Media and FAIRNESS!" Trump tweeted on the morning of May 28.The order follows Twitter fact checking efforts.

Social media powerhouse Twitter recently flagged certain tweets with a fact-check tag.

Related to the whole social media scene, many crypto YouTubers have seen their channels banned or flagged over the last six months.

December 2019 showed a number of top crypto YouTuber bans and strikes, which affected influencers such as Ivan on Tech and Chris Dunn.

Many crypto YouTubers saw their accounts restored following their troubles, although the restoration periods varied.

YouTube sidelined the CryptosRus channel for weeks, even after multiple appeals.

The executive order aims to give that immunity parameters, preventing overarching censorship.

"In a country that has long cherished the freedom of expression, we cannot allow a limited number of online platforms to hand-pick the speech that Americans may access and convey online," the president said, as quoted by ABC. Multiple projects in the blockchain space have looked into creating censorship-resistant social media, potentially solving the issue.