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Re:Judge Rules Trump Can’t Block People on Twitter by ikeyany on Wednesday May 23, 2018 @03:32PM (#17137365)
Being banned still prevents you from interacting in more ways. Trump retweets and tags people/organizations all the time.
Re:Judge Rules Trump Can’t Block People on Twitter by larkeith on Wednesday May 23, 2018 @05:00PM (#17138240)
The key here is that the Twitter is under no responsibility to facilitate your first amendment rights. The government, solely and exclusively, cannot limit your free speech; Twitter can do whatever they want, and are under no legal obligation to provide any service whatsoever to you.
Re:Judge Rules Trump Can’t Block People on Twitter by ikeyany on Wednesday May 23, 2018 @08:16PM (#17139732)
I see. The user anigbrowl clarifies further below:

> Allowing the government to use your service [as its preferred way of communicating] does not thereby make it part of the government.