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Re:Trump unblocks more Twitter users after U.S. court ruling by brownbat on Wednesday August 29, 2018 @08:18PM (#17873184)
> he has blocked people on twitter and RegFD is very clear that information can't not be disseminated in a way that isn't available to everyone at the same time.

I thought blocking just prevented you from seeing their replies.

Per this article, but it's super old:

https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2013/12/twitt...

Did they change how blocking works after this?

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Re:Trump unblocks more Twitter users after U.S. court ruling by SpaceManiac on Wednesday August 29, 2018 @08:29PM (#17873225)
Yes, I can't speak to when but Twitter displays a very obvious "You have been blocked by this user"-type message instead of their tweets if you attempt to view their profile.
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