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Pretty sure that was a point early in his presidency where he was block, but Twitter being a US company was not allow to block the US president....?
by xdrosenheim 6y ago
Pretty sure that was a point early in his presidency where he was block, but Twitter being a US company was not allow to block the US president....?
- 6gvONxR4sf7o 6y agoNope, no laws like that here. This was a Twitter decision.
- meekrohprocess 6y agoIronically, the 1st Amendment protects Twitter's ability to block anything that it likes. Fundamentally, the government can't dictate what anybody chooses to publish (or not) on a website that they own. They can seize it and prosecute the owners if the content is illegal, but they can't force editorial decisions. This whole arrangement drove a lot of traffic to Twitter and helped to keep it relevant; they just didn't want to kill their golden goose.
- ardy42 6y ago> Pretty sure that was a point early in his presidency where he was block, but Twitter being a US company was not allow to block the US president....? IIRC, there was a lawsuit that ruled that the president was not allowed to block other twitter users. As far as I know, it would still be totally withing twitter's right to block Trump, if it wanted. But I think they don't because what he says on Twitter reveals important information about his character.