Social Media companies accuse President Trump of threatening free speech

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The executive order gives regulators the power to pursue legal actions against firms such as Facebook and Twitter for the way they police content on their platforms. We have the reaction of a digital news website. We have an update from Minneapolis on the protests over the death of George Floyd in police custody, and on the deployment of the National Guard. Two economists - from South Africa and Nigeria - give their take on how the coronavirus pandemic and global recession will affect their countries.