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06-07-2017, 11:00 AM
Trump blocked users on Twitter and **w they're threatening legal action
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Twitter users want President Donald Trump to unblock them—or face legal action.*
"This Twitter account operates as a 'designated public forum' for First Amendment purposes, and accordingly the viewpoint-based blocking of our clients is unconstitutional," reads a letter representing several Twitter users, including Holly O'Reilly, who was blocked after tweeting Trump a GIF of the president meeting Pope Francis.
This is pretty much how the whole world sees you.#AMJoy (https://twitter.com/hashtag/AMJoy?src=hash)#SundayMorning (https://twitter.com/hashtag/SundayMorning?src=hash) pic.twitter.com/CycqYnKg8b (https://t.co/CycqYnKg8b)
— Holly O'Reilly (@AynRandPaulRyan) May 28, 2017 (https://twitter.com/AynRandPaulRyan/status/868842669069422592)
The attorneys argue that blocking users suppresses speech, since those blocked can't interact with Trump on Twitter anymore.* Read more... (http://mashable.com/2017/06/06/twitter-first-amendment-trump-block/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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Twitter users want President Donald Trump to unblock them—or face legal action.*
"This Twitter account operates as a 'designated public forum' for First Amendment purposes, and accordingly the viewpoint-based blocking of our clients is unconstitutional," reads a letter representing several Twitter users, including Holly O'Reilly, who was blocked after tweeting Trump a GIF of the president meeting Pope Francis.
This is pretty much how the whole world sees you.#AMJoy (https://twitter.com/hashtag/AMJoy?src=hash)#SundayMorning (https://twitter.com/hashtag/SundayMorning?src=hash) pic.twitter.com/CycqYnKg8b (https://t.co/CycqYnKg8b)
— Holly O'Reilly (@AynRandPaulRyan) May 28, 2017 (https://twitter.com/AynRandPaulRyan/status/868842669069422592)
The attorneys argue that blocking users suppresses speech, since those blocked can't interact with Trump on Twitter anymore.* Read more... (http://mashable.com/2017/06/06/twitter-first-amendment-trump-block/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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