They also concluded that public officials who express views on social-media accounts do not engage in “state action” when they do so. And they warned that the 2nd Circuit ruling will make public officials “less able to defend themselves from hate and harassment.”× Loading&hellp; {{title}} {{start_at_rate}} {{format_dollars}} {{start_price}} {{format_cents}} {{term}} {{promotional_format_dollars}}{{promotional_price}}{{promotional_format_cents}} {{term}}{{html}} Thanks for being a subscriber. Parker also disputed the suggestion that a ban on banning critics would stifle Twitter use by Trump and others, saying Trump in recent months has been posting tweets at over three times the rate he was tweeting in 2017. “Twitter is not just an official channel of communication for the President; it is his most important channel of communication,” Parker wrote. A spokeswoman for the Justice Department said it is reviewing the opinion.

Source: Daily Sun March 23, 2020 16:41 UTC