Re:Judge Rules Trump Can’t Block People on Twitter
by snerbles on Wednesday May 23, 2018 @02:55PM
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Packingham v. North Carolina [0] was about the constitutionality of the state banning users from social media - not on social networks issuing their own bans.
Re:Judge Rules Trump Can’t Block People on Twitter
by jdoliner on Wednesday May 23, 2018 @02:57PM
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Yup, corrected above.
Re:Judge Rules Trump Can’t Block People on Twitter
by appliestogvmt on Wednesday May 23, 2018 @02:54PM
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You posted a link to a case involving a law in North Carolina. Facebook was not party to the case.
Would you please quote (from the link you posted) where it says that Facebook banned said user?
Case law would disagree. Here's a case where the Supreme court ruled that Facebook banning someone was a violation of their first amendment rights. [0] Salient quote: "Foreclosing access to social media altogether thus prevents users from engaging in the legitimate exercise of First Amendment rights"
Edit: as pointed out, this ruling doesn't actually disagree with what the previous comment said. It does seem similar enough to me to be relevant though so leaving it up. [0] https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/16pdf/15-1194_08l1.pdf