NEW: The White House did not consult the FCC on a forthcoming executive order pertaining to social media companies, according to a person briefed on the matter.

This suggests the draft order has not gone through the normal interagency review process.
The person briefed added that based on the lack of interagency review, it seems the draft EO was hastily conceived.
Worth remembering that with prior WH attempts to draft an executive order targeting social media companies, the FCC and FTC (which are led by Republican chairmen) privately pushed back on being deputized to police political speech on social platforms: https://www.cnn.com/2019/08/22/tech/ftc-fcc-trump-social-media/index.html">https://www.cnn.com/2019/08/2...
Federal officials raise concerns about White House plan to police alleged social media censorship

Officials from the Federal Communications Commission and the Federal Trade Commission have expressed serious concerns about a draft Trump administration executive order seeking to regulate tech...

https://www.cnn.com/2019/08/22/tech/ftc-fcc-trump-social-media/index.html
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