Restoring Freedom of Speech and Ending Federal Censorship

The order declares it U.S. policy to protect constitutionally protected speech and prohibits all federal departments, agencies, entities, officers, employees, and agents from acting or using any federal resources in a manner that would unconstitutionally abridge any American's free speech. The policy specifically targets practices described as pressuring social media companies and other third parties to moderate, deplatform, or suppress speech.

The order directs the Attorney General, in consultation with the heads of executive departments and agencies, to investigate federal government activities from the prior four years that are inconsistent with the order's purposes and to prepare a report — submitted to the President through the Deputy Chief of Staff for Policy — recommending appropriate remedial actions. The order expressly creates no judicially enforceable rights against the United States and does not itself discipline any official or reverse any prior government action.

All federal government officers, employees, and agents across every department and agency, who are now expressly prohibited from facilitating unconstitutional speech suppression. Social media companies and other third parties that previously received government pressure to moderate content are indirectly affected, as is the general public whose online speech may have been subject to such pressure.

Federal employees and agencies face an explicit, immediate prohibition on coercing private platforms or otherwise suppressing protected speech. The Attorney General's investigation could generate findings that lead to disciplinary, legal, or policy corrective measures targeting officials involved in prior speech-moderation activities.

The prohibition on federal censorship takes effect immediately and applies to all federal actors without requiring further rulemaking. The investigation mechanism flows through the Attorney General, who consults with agency heads and channels findings to the President via the Deputy Chief of Staff for Policy. The President then decides on remedial actions based on the report's recommendations. No deadline is specified for the report, and the order contains a standard provision stating it creates no judicially enforceable rights, limiting outside legal challenge to the implementation process.