Judge: President Trump Cannot Block Users on Twitter

[jimmyz]

If you don't like Twitter's policies, don't use Twitter Mr. President Trump.

[Captdon]

It makes sense to me. The president is not a dictator, right?

So if he is using a social media platform to talk about his policies and opinions, it seems pretty unethical to block out people who disagree with his opinions and only allow people who agree with them to be heard.

If it's his personal account an appeals judge will toss it. His rights are the same as yours. If you want you can ban me from this thread. Why? Because this thread is owned by someone who allows it.

[Captdon]

If you don't like Twitter's policies, don't use Twitter Mr. President Trump.

What? It wasn't twitter it was a judge. Pay attention.

[Captdon]

Trump is not a normal citizen. He is the president. There are responsibilities that come with power.

It is much different than just a person getting blocking another user because they are annoying them.

The president is everybody's president, not just the people who agree with him.

No one loses their rights by becoming President. If Twitter allows blocking he has the same right as everyone else.

People like you are dangerous.

[spunkloaf]

It would seem to me to depend on whether this is his personal account or a presidential account.

"It argued that the @realDonaldTrump Twitter account is a "public forum" under the First Amendment."

[spunkloaf]

No one loses their rights by becoming President. If Twitter allows blocking he has the same right as everyone else.

People like you are dangerous.

He's not losing his rights to speak. He's losing his right to block other people's right to speak.

[Captdon]

"It argued that the @realDonaldTrump Twitter account is a "public forum" under the First Amendment."

It's Trump's personal account. An Appeals Judge will toss this. This is a public forum but you can ban me from this thread. No First Amendment right involved.

[stjames1_53]

https://a.msn.com/r/2/AAxHvaP?m=en-us&ocid=News
"While we must recognize, and are sensitive to, the President's personal First Amendment rights, he cannot exercise those rights in a way that infringes the corresponding First Amendment rights of those who have criticized him," Buchwald wrote.
The government had argued that blocked individuals could still access the president's tweets. The judge agreed, but she said the impact of preventing them from interacting directly with Trump's tweets represented a "real, albeit narrow, slice of speech."

you'd go absolutely bug fvcky if Trump stopped twittering.........absolutely buggy
it is also a ruling from liberal hack judge from New Yawk.....................of course they're going to issue that kind of ruling. You would too because you love Hillary so much more............

[jimmyz]

What? It wasn't twitter it was a judge. Pay attention.

Yeah. I just read the OP's snip. I assumed Trump was suing Twitter. After reading the NBC link it's clearer now. The ruling is bullocks.

[stjames1_53]

He's not losing his rights to speak. He's losing his right to block other people's right to speak.

no he's not. He has stifled no one's free speech. There's always another avenue of free speech