Reply to post: Re: You can't have it both ways...

Trump attacks and appeals 'fundamentally misconceived' Twitter block decision

Michael Wojcik Silver badge

Re: You can't have it both ways...

The point is that Twitter can do what it wants EXCEPT repress speech at the request of the government. In this case, at the request of the President.

Which the subject of this article.

Er, no. Twitter could certainly repress publication at the request of the government, should it choose to do so. Freedom of the press applies to the owners of the press. If they want to cooperate with the government, they're free to do so.

And the issue at hand here has nothing to do with suppressing any content publication by Twitter.

The issue is that Trump wants to block some people from following and responding to his tweets. The courts have, thus far, ruled that Trump has no right to do that. Those rulings are based on the fact that he's POTUS and he uses his Twitter account in that role.

If Twitter decided to comply with Trump's whims, they could go back to letting him block other users from reading and responding to his tweets. The court rulings say they're not obligated to do so.

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