The First Amendment protects you from the government silencing your freedom of speech, not a private company Author: Caitlin McCarthy Updated: 10:21 PM CST January 12, 2021
MEMPHIS, Tenn. Freedom of speech is not freedom of reach.
President Trump s Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram accounts were indefinitely banned after his posts on these sites incited a deadly riot at the Capitol.
Intellectual property attorney Will Irvine explained the First Amendment protects you from the government silencing your freedom of speech, not a private company. In this case what we have are private companies exercising their right to run their business as they are fit including by establishing standards and rules for the type of speech that people can engage in on their platforms, Irvine said.