Free Speech Group Is Suing President Trump For Blocking Users From His Twitter Account

The matter of the president's personal tweets as official statements will get some legal attention

When the @RealPressSecBot transposes tweets from the @realDonaldTrump into official-looking presidential statements, the combination of new media and the output of a tradition-scorning president juxtaposed against the traditional is rarely not bizarre. But the president’s use of his personal Twitter account to discuss the business of the government, however aberrant, makes it a public forum, and any related actions fall under First Amendment guidelines.

This is the premise upon which the Knight First Amendment Institute, a free speech group established last year at Columbia University, is filing a lawsuit on behalf of seven individuals who have been blocked from President Trump’s twitter account after criticizing the president.

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