It may be a point worthy of discussion: Probably in the "old days", government agencies would pay for ads in print newspapers or magazines or for radio ads. Sim

It may be a point worthy of discussion: Probably in the "old days", government agencies would pay for ads in print newspapers or magazines or for radio ads. Similarly, if the government (except for members of Congress) send mail via US Postal Service, the government has to pay the postage. So it's not a totally crazy question to ask if a government agency should have to pay a fee to use a private service like Twitter. Presumably the government agency would have to do a cost/benefit analysis on running their own service versus paying to outsource it.