So this happned

S M O K E O U T C H A L L E N G E

I think the ruling about Trump is that Twitter is a public forum so Trump can’t block people. If Twitter is now considered a public forum instead of a private one then twitter themselves can’t remove people from the platform either. Should be interesting how this plays out.

I hope someone with some pennys kicking around can take this to court.

he will appeal and win, prolly

well, the question begs, is it a public form in the eyes of a government official, but a private entity. I.E. you can't block the public but the public can block you kind of deal

https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/999357298861486080

oof

Trump's Twatter account is a private account. Even after becoming POTUS this fact didn't change. As a private citizen on that front he have a right to block people

hahahahaha. Elon spittin some truth.

@Yakamaru are you a private citizen while president?

Uhh, yes

Even as a public servant you are not exempt from social platform's CoC/ToS

They apply equally across the board

He is using the account in a private manner

what does CoC/ToS have to do with being allowed to block people, exactly? aside from giving him the ability to on their end

i was not aware not blocking people violates twitters ToS.

there is two sides here. Twitter giving him the ability, and if he should be allowed to exercise it

it certainly doesn't look good for any public servant to prevent any member of the public from contact them

even if it may be justified at times

as it sends a message of "your concerns are not valid to me"

And what if they are doing nothing but screech at them?

Being an asshole?

It's protected.

being an asshole and determining if their screeching is valid is subjective.

hence why it never looks good, regardless of how justified it might be

I wonder if Twitter artificially bumping up negative replies on Trumps Twitter and hiding positive ones also violates 1A rights if his Twitter is a public space.

i think there is a difference between twitter blocking their users from talking and trump doing it.

its their platform, their rules.

But if his twitter is considered a public forum it might be different.

well thats the question

https://i.redd.it/xwm7ome3hnz01.png

because him not being allowed to block people is a restriction on his conduct while on the job of president

According to that it is a public forum.

then twitter has lost control of their platform

what are the "public form" doctrines

I agree. It doesn't look good. Though it's a private account, one that he controls. If that account is going to be considered a public platform, would his be the only one being affected by it?

nope

can't

thinkabout everyone who was banned from twitter

this sets a huge prescendence