My Tweets are blocked on Twitter

[mightymouse]

Too bad you ain't President....

 

[Ignored Member]

What's a Twitter?

 

[MacFromOK]

It's what happens when you're lactose intolerant

Or can't rack the slide on yer handguns...?

 

[lee1000]

Free speech on social media should be protected by the 1st Amendment. We need a SCOTUS stating as such.

 

[Mos Eisley]

Well, Thats a mighty fine Happy Birthday to ya huh??

 

[Dave70968]

Free speech on social media should be protected by the 1st Amendment. We need a SCOTUS stating as such.

 

[C_Hallbert]

Hey. I think they turned me back on. I was hammering pretty heavy against Meryl Streep and Tom Hanks and saying that it was a distraction to get the public’s attention off the corruption among Journalists and the Media Conspiracy with the DNC (Liberal Left). I’ll work back to defending Trump for awhile.


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[nemesis]

Free speech on social media should be protected by the 1st Amendment. We need a SCOTUS stating as such.

Twitter is a privately owned entity and as such can make whatever rules they choose as long as it doesn't violate existing law. When the govt has carte blanche to control Twitter, they also have a similar prerogative to control OSA, etc.

The First Amendment does not apply to privately owned business such as an internet forum or social media account.

 

[lee1000]

Twitter is a privately owned entity and as such can make whatever rules they choose as long as it doesn't violate existing law. When the govt has carte blanche to control Twitter, they also have a similar prerogative to control OSA, etc.

The First Amendment does not apply to privately owned business such as an internet forum or social media account.

I think you misunderstood me, I want a SCOTUS decision saying these public social media companies can't censor free speech. When they sensor they control the politics of this country, this effects our freedoms.

 

[Dave70968]

I think you misunderstood me, I want a SCOTUS decision saying these public social media companies can't censor free speech. When they sensor [sic] they control the politics of this country, this effects [sic] our freedoms.

No. No, it doesn't. You still have the freedom to go start your own platform. (With hookers and blackjack, if you so desire.) The government won't be allowed to tell you what you can and cannot say or suppress on your platform, either. You don't have the freedom to use somebody else's platform to compel somebody else to carry your speech, even if that somebody else is a public company (which, I would note, is no different from a private company save for the fact that the ownership is traded on a public market instead of privately amongst a few people; there is a distinction for a closely-held company, but even that is relatively minor).

Corporations, for the purpose of the First Amendment, have the same rights as natural persons; that was the central holding of the Citizens United decision. Do you think the Court should have said "no, you're a corporation, you can't take sides" and let the FEC suppress Hillary: the Movie?

(Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, 558 U.S. 310 (2010).)