2 ms·
It's not totally clear what, exactly, you're unhappy about here. Should the government also not be allowed to use newspapers to transmit information? What's sp
by sdenton4 3y ago
It's not totally clear what, exactly, you're unhappy about here.
Should the government also not be allowed to use newspapers to transmit information? What's special about using social media as a communication medium?
There have been decisions about /how/ government officials can use social media. Most notably, Trump was not allowed to use Twitter's 'block' feature to silence critics, because of the first amendment.
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/09/us/politics/trump-twitter-first-amendment.html https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/09/us/politics/trump-twitter...
- dfxm12 3y agoI think it's important here to clarify that Trump wasn't allowed to block people because it precluded the people he blocked from seeing Trump's tweets, which were judged to be a matter of national interest. He often made announcements via twitter. It wasn't about him not being allowed silence critics; he could still do that via the "mute" feature.
- sieabahlpark 3y ago[dead]