(01-09-2021, 11:30 PM)americus 2.0 Wrote:

(01-09-2021, 11:23 PM)Jagsfan4life9/28/82 Wrote: Sheesh, turn off AM radio, or whatever it is you get this nonsense from. Then let me know when the government itself gets to the business of banning speech. Post a bill from the legislative branch. Maybe an EO from the executive. Until then, you're wrong. Sorry.

I don't listen to the radio or watch cable news. I watch what Washington does and they do just what I said. They always have its just never been so blatant. Have you never heard of lobbyists? They're the legal prostitutes of DC.

You're both right.
He's right that there technically isn't a law or executive order saying Twitter has to ban Trump. 
She's right that this technicality doesn't mean much, because Twitter and others are somewhat motivated by fear of prosecution from the new administration.  The SEC angle, the Antitrust angle, the incitement angle.  The US code is such a pretzel and it was written by people who couldn't have imagined Twitter.  A competent Congress would clear all that up, but Twitter is scared that a motivated and competent Congress would actually be worse, and get so strict they can't make money anymore.

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