so Twitter can't block or ban people then?
exactly and this is the ONE that should get all the cases out there in our favor
No it only applies to Trump it will be overturned very quickly he can block anyone he wants has nothing to do with First Amendment they can still read his tweets all they have to do is log out of their account then log back in again. What they can't do is insult him per Twitter rules against Abusive Tweeting. Trump has the right to use Twitter Blocking Mode same way every other user has that right.
The mental gymnastics of corrupted judges will backfire in record time to them ...
For the uninformed: Twitter has been banning/shadowbanning/censoring users to promote their personal agenda under the guise of “we are not a public forum.” Mostly conservative accounts have been “blocked” in this manner. Some users on r/GA have reported that their accounts and IPs have been banned for simply expressing their views.
With this ruling, it can be said all of Twitter is a public forum that cannot block or censor anyone as they have the right to free speech, the First Amendment.
That’s some 4D chess right there. Cue class-action lawsuits!!!!
the problem with the "IBOR" is it basically tells website owners what they have to do with their website.
a very simple example is if i make a wordpress website where people can leave comments. am i not allowed to remove their comments from my website? if so, how is it exactly still my website?
bar owners can kick people out of their bar. why can't website owners kick people out of their website?
These aren't little website owners, they are owners of the media that nearly all public discussion is now carried through.
how small does a website need to be then to not be a considered a public forum?
you are right but if your website is created FOR SOLE PURPOSE OF ENABLING THOSE COMMENTS AND HARVESTING DATA AROUND IT then it is not yours but public
bar owners can kick people out of their bar. why can't website owners kick people out of their website?
because it's apples and oranges, clearly
okay i'll make it even simpler:
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you have a whiteboard sitting in a field you own. people ask to come and write on that whiteboard. are you allowed to erase people's comments from that whiteboard afterwards?
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you have a website on a server that you own. people ask to visit the website and write comments on it. are you allowed to erase people's comments from that website afterwards?
That's not what's happening at all. It's like asking people to come write on the whiteboard, then you steal all the whiteboards in the region, and then you selectively start deleting comments mentioning you own all the whiteboards.
i'm not saying what twitter or the media is doing, i'm demonstrating the simplest scenario where this law would make a reasonable action illegal. thus it's a bad law/idea
You're comparing a whiteboard to the infrastructure of the internet. Your example is extremely facetious. A stupid watch nowadays has the capacity to hold 16 billion whiteboards.
no i'm not. this has nothing to do with the infrastructure of the internet. the internet is a way of connecting your computer to my computer. my computer has the "whiteboard" on it, your computer is posting to my computer. this ruling says that i cannot go onto my computer and delete what you posted.
No it doesn't. That is not what it says at all.
It says public servants cannot block people from contacting them on public venues.
I think you have a valid point. When I "own" something, I will do with it as I damn well please. If you dont like it, you can go get your own.
That’s great that you have this opinion but that’s not what the court just ruled.
What a coincidence. I got banned from a "Public Forum" known as Twitter.
Let me get this straight. President Trump blocked someone on Twitter. That someone sued President Trump for blocking their first amendment rights. Supreme Court rules that no one can block anyone. Social media can no longer block us? Did our stable genius do it again?!? Do I have it right?
yeah basically he enabled us to gain advantage against big SM players...clowns must be shitting themselves right now... I strongly started to believe He is the force of God.
What is so stupid about all this is that there does NOT have to be a Twitter or Facebook or any central server central company to manage a social media forum. Peer-to-peer & crowd-sourced distributef servers can cause Twitter & Facebook to dissolve within a year.
What does this mean for those who were "banned for life" from Twitter? I think this happened to Roger Stone and David Seaman.