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Re:Trump threatens to 'close' down social media platforms by whateveracct on Thursday May 28, 2020 @02:46AM (#23334235)
> The United States President has neither the authority nor power to start censoring Twitter on his own. Right now, Jack Dorsey has far more power over allowed public speech in America than Donald Trump.

Exactly! This is American Civics 101. When you become President, you lose things because you have power. You and I have more legal authority to restrict speech than the President.

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Re:Trump threatens to 'close' down social media platforms by chlodwig on Thursday May 28, 2020 @09:05AM (#23336771)
I don't have more power to restrict speech than the President, but Jack Dorsey does. Jack Dorsey has total control of one the two most important internet speech utilities in the world, President Trump has no Constitutional powers to ban people on Twitter or Facebook or anywhere else.
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