Facebook Bans Louis Farrakhan, Milo Yiannopoulos, InfoWars and Others

Re:Facebook Bans Louis Farrakhan, Milo Yiannopoulos, InfoWar... by Consultant32452 on Thursday May 02, 2019 @09:59PM (#19814843)

Let's not forget that the SCOTUS has ruled Twitter is an official communications platform of the White House. Therefore Trump is not able to block people. It's a weird legal ruling, and it's hard to imagine this doesn't have implications for the rest of us. Can Twitter block you from participating in official White House communications?

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Re:Facebook Bans Louis Farrakhan, Milo Yiannopoulos, InfoWar... by belltaco on Thursday May 02, 2019 @11:00PM (#19815148)

I think the difference is that you can still read Trump's tweets if you're banned from Twitter, but you cannot read Trump's tweets if you're blocked by Trump on Twitter.

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Re:Facebook Bans Louis Farrakhan, Milo Yiannopoulos, InfoWar... by Consultant32452 on Thursday May 02, 2019 @11:02PM (#19815159)

What is the difference between viewing Trump's tweets while logged out because Trump blocked you, and viewing Trump's tweets while logged out because Twitter banned you?

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Re:Facebook Bans Louis Farrakhan, Milo Yiannopoulos, InfoWar... by razius on Friday May 03, 2019 @03:05AM (#19816200)

But you cannot participate in the discussion, that's the point.

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Re:Facebook Bans Louis Farrakhan, Milo Yiannopoulos, InfoWar... by tropo on Thursday May 02, 2019 @10:21PM (#19814948)

It's more than weird. It's a crazy ruling.

The press room in the Whitehouse is an official communications platform of the White House. With that ruling as precedent, can I barge in there? I can even behave better than Jim Acosta.

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