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Trump Can Block People On Twitter If He Wants, Administration Says (arstechnica.com)
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: The administration of President Donald Trump is scoffing at a lawsuit by Twitter users who claim in a federal lawsuit that their constitutional rights are being violated because the president has blocked them from his @realDonaldTrump Twitter handle. "It would send the First Amendment deep into uncharted waters to hold that a president's choices about whom to follow, and whom to block, on Twitter -- a privately run website that, as a central feature of its social-media platform, enables all users to block particular individuals from viewing posts -- violate the Constitution." That's part of what Michael Baer, a Justice Department attorney, wrote to the New York federal judge overseeing the lawsuit Friday. In addition, the Justice Department said the courts are powerless to tell Trump how he can manage his private Twitter handle, which has 35.8 million followers.
"To the extent that the President's management of his Twitter account constitutes state action, it is unquestionably action that lies within his discretion as Chief Executive; it is therefore outside the scope of judicial enforcement," Baer wrote. (PDF) Baer added that an order telling Trump how to manage his Twitter feed "would raise profound separation-of-powers concerns by intruding directly into the president's chosen means of communicating to millions of Americans."
"To the extent that the President's management of his Twitter account constitutes state action, it is unquestionably action that lies within his discretion as Chief Executive; it is therefore outside the scope of judicial enforcement," Baer wrote. (PDF) Baer added that an order telling Trump how to manage his Twitter feed "would raise profound separation-of-powers concerns by intruding directly into the president's chosen means of communicating to millions of Americans."
not the first time, not the last that Trump's administration ignores US law and tradition and decides whatever he does is ok.
Remember kids, if you're not paying for the service, YOU ARE THE PRODUCT THAT IS BEING SOLD.
The only reason for trump to ban comments is if he doesn't like the comment. However he's the fucking president and this is the president's communication channel he chose himself to use as the president.
And the president has to represent EVERYONE, even people he doesn't like and even people who don't like him.
And he must NEVER block ideas he doesn't like because he's supposed to be the fucking president. Ignorance of other ideas is a disaster for a politician. Why the fuck do you think there's supposed to be politicians listening to their voters? Because they're supposed to hear their voters,whether they agree with them or not, or there's no fucking point to the politician at all and the money could be spent somewhere useful instead, like schools and hospitals.
The president cannot block people he doesn't like
Donald Trump can.
But this is not Donald Trump's tweet profile, it's the president of the USA's tweet profile.
If the stupid little retard wants to block people he should only use twitter for stuff AS DT, NOT POTUS. He refuses to do so because his tiny brain and incapacitated self control can't manage two accounts for separate purposes.
So he doesn't get to block.
Twitter should work to remove any blocks that DT puts in on a regular basis. If he doesn't like it he can try to sue Twitter for it, but he'd fail because his use is official communication and is not a private channel.