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Despite your feelings, that's not the issue. The issue is that the government apparently coerced Twitter to do it, which would be a First Amendment violation.
by nathanaldensr 4y ago
Despite your feelings, that's not the issue. The issue is that the government apparently coerced Twitter to do it, which would be a First Amendment violation.
- PaulDavisThe1st 4y agos/apparently coerced Twitter/may have been a factor in Twitter's decision/ Now I'm with you. Though we haven't gone that far.
- _hcuq 4y agoIs it? His free speech was not violated. It just wasn’t published by Twitter.
- tablespoon 4y ago> Is it? His free speech was not violated. It just wasn’t published by Twitter. The line between free speech (of publishers) and government censorship is somewhere around "did the government tell the publisher to do it?". This case probably doesn't cross the line, but it's definitely in the grey area, and being in the grey area is bad optics.