Why? If I were barred from a public forum where a governor was speaking, would it be ridiculous to object? Or from commenting or contributing to a petition? Blocked people cannot comment on tweets or pages, nor reply to others doing so. The action restricts freedom of expression.
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Replying to @digiphile
I dig into this issue here:https://www.vox.com/new-money/2017/6/8/15758408/trump-twitter-blocking-lawsuit …
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Replying to @binarybits
Your post has errors. 1) Each of the president’s tweets does display comments by members of the public: replies. 2) Someone who is blocked cannot see nor comment on public feedback using his or her account.
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Replying to @digiphile
(1) Where do I say otherwise? (2) Opening an incognito browser is a very minor inconvenience.
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Replying to @binarybits
Put aside the legal arguments related to the First Amendment for a sec, though: do you think it’s ethical for politicians in a representative democracy to block their constituents on social media?
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Replying to @digiphile @binarybits
Is it ok for a politician to choose which constituents get to schedule meetings with them? Speak at public hearings on a topic? It's not clear to me that "block on Twitter" is analogous to "not being welcome in a public space like the Capitol". But I'm not sure! Good convo!
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Replying to @wycats @digiphile
I think if you just look at the dumpster fire of a "conversation" that shows up under a Trump tweet, it's obvious this is nothing like a traditional public forum. Nobody with anything serious to say relies on this "forum" to get their message out.
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Replying to @binarybits @wycats
Gosh, I guess I’ve been using Twitter wrong for a decade.
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Replying to @digiphile @wycats
We might be talking about different things. What I mean is that this is not a useful public forum. I don't think you spend a lot of time trying to figure out how to appear near the top there do you?pic.twitter.com/CJhmPEG8kC
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Replying to @binarybits @wycats
Possible! And no, none at all - but I do often annotate those statements.
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I think "the comments are a public forum for discussion" is probably too clever as an argument, but I think it's reasonable to ask whether transparency rules should apply to public work done in "personal" Twitter accounts.
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