This a ruling attempting to parse right to your own attention vs. right to an audience in the public sphere. These are crucial, thorny questions. Good to see this kind of discussion. But also, what if Twitter changes how mute works? Public space and private ownership mixed.
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Agree, wow! The question now is if Trump will comply?
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And would this apply to ordinary citizens?
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Seems like this is a victory for online stalkers.
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Seems to be a storm in a teacup. 1) 1st Amendment only applies if governmen official is involved, 2) Twitter can and does allow everyone else to block/mute as much as they want 3) President's tweets are (sadly) front-page news and widely reported.
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Twitter can and should make it impossible for elected politicians & gov officials to block people (they can mute them). Not hard to do & this ruling gives them cover from backlash.https://twitter.com/zeynep/status/999352935564890112?s=19 …
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How can they make this happen? -- does Twitter need to be sued to enforce this? Bec #45 won't do shit. He's say "Make me."
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Also curious. Think along with 45’s America First agenda, he wants to be WWW (world wide web) First. All so fascinating.
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Significant step in modern interpretation of the law.
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Does this ruling apply only to the
@POTUS account? Or does it apply to his private account as well? That would mean that no public officials are entitled to private lives.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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