Officials Don't Get to Choose Who Gets to Receive, Comment, and Reply to Tweets

Re:Officials Don't Get to Choose Who Gets to Receive, Commen... by icebraining on Saturday December 02, 2017 @02:19PM (#15833488)

I don't think this has anything to do with what Twitter can do, but with what the government can ask (in this case, using its features like Blocking) Twitter to do.

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Re:Officials Don't Get to Choose Who Gets to Receive, Commen... by ams6110 on Saturday December 02, 2017 @02:24PM (#15833515)

I would support Twitter if they decided that governmental users were not allowed to block.

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Re:Officials Don't Get to Choose Who Gets to Receive, Commen... by throwawayjava on Saturday December 02, 2017 @02:47PM (#15833634)

Twitter is perfectly free to do that, but is not compelled to do so (and still won't be even if EFF wins this lawsuit).

Also notice that EFF winning this lawsuit will not compel all gov't users to disavow the block feature, because not all forms of gov't communications come with the same free speech obligations. The 1st amendment has different ramifications depending on the purpose of the forum; e.g., the rules for:

  * NOAA emergency announcements, 
  * national park service informational billboards, and 
  * city council Q&A sessions

are all very different.

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