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• President Donald Trump signed an executive order that he says aims to strip liability protections afforded to online platforms under Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act whenever the companies censor or edit content. While the final version of the measure hasn’t been released, a draft of the order obtained by Morning Consult indicates the Federal Trade Commission will be asked to review complaints of political bias on the platforms, and the Federal Communications Commission to review how it regulates liability protections afforded by Section 230. (Morning Consult)

• The House of Representatives voted to negotiate a deal with the Senate for a final bill to reauthorize three surveillance powers after House leadership canceled votes on the measure in the last day due to waning Republican and progressive lawmaker support. The Senate will next need to vote to start a conference committee as well. (The Hill)

• The American Civil Liberties Union filed a lawsuit in Illinois against Clearview AI contending that the facial recognition startup violated the state’s biometric privacy law by collecting information about residents’ fingerprints and face scans without their consent. Clearview lawyer Tor Ekeland said that the company obtains only publicly available images online and that it is “absurd that the ACLU wants to censor which search engines people can use to access public information on the internet.” (The New York Times)