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Re:Trump bans EPA employees from giving social media updates by oppositelock on Tuesday January 24, 2017 @08:54PM (#13477749)
Just like a private company can have speech codes without running afoul of the first amendment, so can the US Government for its employees. That's all it is - not some law, but an employer mandate.

The first amendment applies to law governing speech.

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Re:Trump bans EPA employees from giving social media updates by vacri on Tuesday January 24, 2017 @10:01PM (#13478083)
TFA even points out that the tweeting is only verboten if associated with the gov dept.

Weird that it's EPA-only, though.

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