Current Events > federal court rules politicians can't block people on twitter.

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http://nymag.com/selectall/2017/07/judge-politicians-blocking-followers-violates-free-speech.html

oh snap

(probably needs to go to circuit court / potentially supreme court before we can force trump to accept glorious 2D waifus en masse)
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For the record, the Facebook page in question here was being used to allow constituents to comment or ask questions....I don't think personal pages apply...the title and picture of Trump's twitter is clickbait. They determined that because she was using her FB in that way censoring comments or questions critical of her wouldn't be ok.

TheVipaGTS posted...

For the record, the Facebook page in question here was being used to allow constituents to comment or ask questions....I don't think personal pages apply...the title and picture of Trump's twitter is clickbait. They determined that because she was using her FB in that way censoring comments or questions critical of her wouldn't be ok.

Ah, I see, the lawsuit vs trump's twitter hasn't been decided yet.
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If anything, this will drive politicians away from social networks, which is a good thing.

ChromaticAngel posted...

TheVipaGTS posted...

For the record, the Facebook page in question here was being used to allow constituents to comment or ask questions....I don't think personal pages apply...the title and picture of Trump's twitter is clickbait. They determined that because she was using her FB in that way censoring comments or questions critical of her wouldn't be ok.

Ah, I see, the lawsuit vs trump's twitter hasn't been decided yet.

Presumably if it applied at all to Trump, he wouldn't be able to block people on the @POTUS account. He can and will continue to shit all over the place on his personal Twitter and can block anyone he likes while doing so.

Then again, even if the courts were to rule against him, he'd simply ignore them anyway.
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RaptorLC posted...

ChromaticAngel posted...

TheVipaGTS posted...

For the record, the Facebook page in question here was being used to allow constituents to comment or ask questions....I don't think personal pages apply...the title and picture of Trump's twitter is clickbait. They determined that because she was using her FB in that way censoring comments or questions critical of her wouldn't be ok.

Ah, I see, the lawsuit vs trump's twitter hasn't been decided yet.

Presumably if it applied at all to Trump, he wouldn't be able to block people on the @POTUS account. He can and will continue to shit all over the place on his personal Twitter and can block anyone he likes while doing so.

Then again, even if the courts were to rule against him, he'd simply ignore them anyway.

No, there is an ongoing lawsuit against specifically trump's twitter, the article is talking about more than one lawsuit but the court ruling in question was for the facebook one.
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Questionmarktarius posted...

If anything, this will drive politicians away from social networks, which is a good thing.

Social media has reinvigorated people's interest in politics.

SSJ-Spiderman posted...

Questionmarktarius posted...

If anything, this will drive politicians away from social networks, which is a good thing.

Social media has reinvigorated people's interest in politics.

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