# Center for Business and Human Rights Deputy Director Paul Barrett comments on the implications stemming from President Trump's executive order that calls for regulating online censorship on social media platforms

1 Faculty News May 28, 2020 ![Forbes logo](/sites/default/files/styles/246w/public/assets/images/con_030508.jpg?itok=SId6k3bx)>

Excerpt from [Forbes](https://www.forbes.com/sites/waynerash/2020/05/28/president-trump-signs-executive-order-attempting-to-control-social-media/#2af769023500) -- “'This strikes me as potentially good politics in revving up his base, but not at all sound as a matter of administrative law or constitutional law,' said Paul Barrett, deputy director of the Center for Business and Human Rights at NYU."

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