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Judge rules Trump can't block users on Twitter
The Hill ^ | Lydia Wheeler - 05/23/18 | Lydia Wheeler - 05/23/18

Posted on 05/23/2018 10:21:24 AM PDT by yesthatjallen

A federal district court judge on Wednesday ruled that President Trump can't block people from viewing his Twitter feed over their political views.

Judge Naomi Reice Buchwald, of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, said President Trump’s Twitter account is a public forum and blocking people who reply to his tweets with differing opinions constitutes viewpoint discrimination, which violates the First Amendment.

The court’s ruling is a major win for the Knight Foundation, which brought the lawsuit on behalf of seven people who were blocked from the @realDonaldTrump account because of opinions they expressed in reply tweets.

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TOPICS: Government; News/Current Events; US: New York
KEYWORDS: abortion; dnctalkingpoint; dnctalkingpoints; globalwarminghoax; homosexualagenda; knightfoundation; libertarians; mediawingofthednc; medicalmarijuana; naomireicebuchwald; newyork; partisanmediashills; presstitutes; realdonaldtrump; smearmachine; trump; twitter; unfitforthebench
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To: struggle

I’m quite sure twitter itself will be happy to enforce this ruling by removing the ability to block users from the @realdonaldtrump account.


41 posted on 05/23/2018 10:49:28 AM PDT by mac_truck (aide toi et dieu t'aidera)
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To: yesthatjallen

So Naomi. Any “friends” who “defriend” you on Facebook are breaking the law and can’t do it? Wow! You da man!!!


42 posted on 05/23/2018 10:50:26 AM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (#NotARussianBot)
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To: Robert DeLong

Let me guess, an 0bama appointee.

5.56mm


43 posted on 05/23/2018 10:50:55 AM PDT by M Kehoe (THIS SPACE FOR RENT)
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To: A_Former_Democrat

Clinton affirmative action Jackson appointee


Jackson???
What do you mean?


44 posted on 05/23/2018 10:51:19 AM PDT by Freedom56v2 (#KATE'SWALL Build it Now)
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To: Genoa

Did the judge check with Fakebook and Google relative to the collateral damage?


45 posted on 05/23/2018 10:51:30 AM PDT by ptsal ( Get your facts first, then you can distort them as you please. - M. Twain)
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To: SoFloFreeper

“Judge Kangaroo will be overturned. Watch.”

Oh, PDJT will appeal it, no doubt!

I have two people BANNED from my FB account. To them, I don’t even exist.

It was their BAD BEHAVIOR that made me take those measures; nothing *I* did to them.

‘Public Forum’ or not, there ARE tools you can use to protect yourself from creeps.


46 posted on 05/23/2018 10:52:03 AM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin (I don't have 'Hobbies.' I'm developing a robust Post-Apocalyptic skill set.)
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Either President Trump can block people OR he can’t and.....Twitter, Facebook, Youtube/Google etc cannot block or censor others for expressing their views either. That too is viewpoint discrimination.


47 posted on 05/23/2018 10:52:14 AM PDT by FLT-bird (..)
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To: yesthatjallen

Yet another ‘judge’ unworthy of the Bench.

Go home and practice your meatballs, Naomi.


48 posted on 05/23/2018 10:55:48 AM PDT by MichaelCorleone (Jesus Christ is not a religion. He's the Truth.)
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To: Architect of Avalon

The 1st amendment doesn’t say: “The President shall make no laws...”.
‘Course, the Constitution has been riddled with bullet holes over the years...
The ramifications of this ruling, if not overturned, are mind boggling.


49 posted on 05/23/2018 10:58:29 AM PDT by stylin19a (Best.Election.of.All-Times.Ever.In.The.History.Of.Ever)
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To: Genoa
It certainly will raise many questions about social media platforms.

Are they now 'public utilities'?

50 posted on 05/23/2018 11:03:47 AM PDT by yesthatjallen
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To: AndyTheBear

Exactly.


51 posted on 05/23/2018 11:04:02 AM PDT by STJPII
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To: Wuli

Twitter is a publicly traded company.

If this idiotic decision stands, the law suits against Alex Jones should be thrown out.


52 posted on 05/23/2018 11:09:13 AM PDT by Jaded (Pope Francis? Not really a fan... miss the last guy who recognized how Islam spread... the sword.ag)
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To: yesthatjallen

All President Trump has to do is IGNORE the so-called “Judge” and block whomever he WANTS. The so-called “Judge” has violated the separation-of-powers doctrine, and the impotent “Judge” can in no way enforce his so-called “ruling” anyway. PERIOD!


53 posted on 05/23/2018 11:09:49 AM PDT by 2harddrive
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To: yesthatjallen

I’ll bet the farm they were blocked for vulgarity and obscenity rather than for “having a different opinion”.


54 posted on 05/23/2018 11:13:49 AM PDT by bk1000 (I stand with Trump)
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To: yesthatjallen

Insanity of the left exhibit zzz.


55 posted on 05/23/2018 11:18:55 AM PDT by unlearner (A war is coming.)
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To: Genoa

facebook does


56 posted on 05/23/2018 11:19:40 AM PDT by TribalPrincess2U (0bama's agenda�Divide and conquer seems to be working.?)
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To: bk1000

I’ll bet the farm they were blocked for vulgarity and obscenity rather than for “having a different opinion”.

......If so Trump’s lawyers should state that as the sole reason. Not because of different opinions.


57 posted on 05/23/2018 11:21:40 AM PDT by TribalPrincess2U (0bama's agenda�Divide and conquer seems to be working.?)
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To: TribalPrincess2U

Trumps lawyers should stay far away and let Trump ignore this ruling.


58 posted on 05/23/2018 11:31:03 AM PDT by ResponseAbility (The truth of liberalism is the stupid can feel smart, the lazy entitled, and the immoral unashamed)
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To: Jaded

“Twitter is a publicly traded company.”

The “public” in that statement ONLY means it’s stock is traded on a “public” stock exchange, and that does not change the nature of the company from private to “public”. It is a company “privately” owned by its stockholders, and is run on their behalf, not on behalf of “the public”.


59 posted on 05/23/2018 11:41:01 AM PDT by Wuli
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To: Trump.Deplorable

Right. I have no twitter account and view what I want. Furthermore, twitter keyword searches by non-account holders can be done in real time as twitter postings happen.


60 posted on 05/23/2018 11:41:13 AM PDT by Red Steel
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