Why Trump Can’t Claim Twitter Is Violating His Free Speech
If anyone is breaching the First Amendment, it's the president
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Key Insights:
- Trump has run afoul of the First Amendment on Twitter before.
- Regulators have been critical of tech companies' role in American life in recent months.
- Twitter banned political advertising in October, which one Trump staffer called an attempt to "silence conservatives."
President Donald Trump is not happy with Twitter, usually his favorite social media platform. On Tuesday night, he accused Twitter of “interfering” with the 2020 presidential election and “stifling free speech” by placing a fact-check label on two of his tweets.
