Message from @Ivanfr
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How can Twitter be a private service, with a constitutionally protected public service within it?
so, the president can use his personal twitter to talk about his positions on things, which, since he is the president, is also the POTUS position, but depending on which one he uses, he can block people out of the conversation?
Absolutely!
he can block anyone in any account
unless there is now a law about @POTUS
He's not using @potus
He's using @realdonaldtrump
well but assume he was
oh, good. So lets block all political opposition, stop using @potus, and stop providing any other forms of press release
it wouldnt matter in my opinion
He hasn't done that.
but he can
@Grenade123 sure, what is the problem with that?
well, could
Then it becomes the official form of communication, which makes it a problem
FOIA would wreck him if he tried.
I don't believe the president is REQUIRED to give press releases, anyway.
It is not the official form of communication
he is still appearing on TV and all that
perhaps. or maybe they would jsut declare his private twitter the new offical potus account and we are back to here
in the sense that twitter itself recognises it as verified?
idk, what makes @potus official?
nothing as far as I know
That's what you're trying to argue.
apart from Twitters word
@RyeNorth actually, you are the one that drew a distinction between @potus and trumps account. i did not.
they are both voices of the president
well @POTUS does belong to the govt
it is passed from one president to another
so I guess it is official in some sense
or, well, one is the voice of the president, the other is of his poor PR team
someone said my name?
Have you considered that the tone Trump takes in his twitter, it's more of a direct line to the people who voted for him?
His Twitter is for the sake of his supporters, at the expense of his detractors.
If it's a public forum, it's going to be a shitshow
I'm willing to bet it gets beat down tho
if it doesn't it's gonna be really fucking weird
I'm willing to bet Twitter will BEG for it to get beat down.
yes
why? twitter is not affected by the statement