Twitter and Facebook both banned Trump from their platforms. Here’s why that doesn’t violate the First Amendment — or any other laws
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- Publish Date:
- January 8, 2021
- Author(s):
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- Sonnemaker, Tyler
- Source:
- Business Insider
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Summary
“The First Amendment is a constraint on the power of government. It doesn’t apply to Twitter,”
“Twitter is not a state actor.”
“Section 230 makes it relatively easy for platforms to go to court and win saying ‘we have the right to enforce whatever policies we want,'”
“based on their own First Amendment right to set editorial policy on the platform.”
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