The Twitter Files, Part Six

Re:The Twitter Files, Part Six by nverno on Saturday December 17, 2022 @04:09AM (#34026159)

> I keep seeing this, and I'm confused every time I see it, because speech on a private platform isn't protected by the first amendment.

It is protected from the government. Of course, Twitter can decide to censor whatever they want, but if the government was threatening either Twitter or individuals on the platform, over protected speech, eg. criticizing the president, that would certainly implicate the 1A.

The government simply asking, with no implied threat, seems to be OK [1]. But, I don't think it builds confidence amongst the citizens if they were seen doing this very often.

1. https://reason.com/volokh/2021/07/19/when-government-urges-p...

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Re:The Twitter Files, Part Six by Apocryphon on Saturday December 17, 2022 @04:15AM (#34026199)

Thanks for bringing some actual legal citations and interpretations to this discussion. Most of this thread appears to be a lot of handwaving about the constitution.

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