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Well, maybe. MNN is a public access TV channel with an exclusive franchise agreement with the New York City government, yet the SCOTUS recently declared it wasn
by icebraining 7y ago
Well, maybe. MNN is a public access TV channel with an exclusive franchise agreement with the New York City government, yet the SCOTUS recently declared it wasn't a state actor for purposes of the First Amendment.
As the court wrote,
"the City’s designation is analogous to a government license, a
government contract, or a government-granted monopoly, none of which converts a private entity into a state actor — unless the private entity is performing a traditional, exclusive public function."
Since it's unlike that Twitter can be considered to be performing "a traditional, exclusive public function", it's unlikely they'll fall under that provision.