Twitter Vs Free Speech: 1st Amendment To US Constitution Is Becoming A Farce
by R Jagannathan - Mar 10, 2021 05:24 AM
Twitter chief executive officer Jack Dorsey.
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The US first amendment is quirky because while it disables the government from messing around with free speech or religious freedom, it does not prevent private individuals or companies from doing so.
When it comes to making sense of the US Constitution, especially its free speech rights, the same words can mean different things to different people.
Apparently, Twitter has not taken kindly to Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton for initiating a probe into its âcontent moderationâ policies, which deplatformed a sitting president in January after Donald Trump allegedly incited a crowd of armed supporters to storm Capitol Hill.