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A comment on Twitter to ban political advertising. Parent comment

Re:Twitter to ban political advertising by erikpukinskis on Wednesday October 30, 2019 @06:17PM (#21403462)
> Everyone knows the first amendment applies to governments only.

Not true in the slightest.

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Re:Twitter to ban political advertising by wpietri on Wednesday October 30, 2019 @06:59PM (#21403881)
Would you care to give case law demonstrating otherwise? Because as best I can tell, it only applies to use of government power.
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Re:Twitter to ban political advertising by charliepark on Wednesday October 30, 2019 @07:19PM (#21404081)
I think they were replying to the "Everyone knows" part of the statement. That is, the first amendment only applies to use of government power, but many people don't actually know that.

See my other message in this thread for some examples (from today!) of people who think the first amendment is relevant when talking about private companies.

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