A group of Twitter users is suing Trump for blocking them

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15 points·janober··4 comments

Based on the article, they're suing over @realDonaldTrump and not @POTUS. I think that may be a key distinction in the case--one that favors the defendant and not the plantiffs--as that could be considered his personal account.

Isn't it the case that their _accounts_ were blocked - not they, themselves? Aren't they more than welcome to open a new account and continue to participate?

https://support.twitter.com/articles/18311

>Multiple account abuse: Creating multiple accounts with overlapping uses or in order to evade the temporary or permanent suspension of a separate account is not allowed.

>Spam: You may not use the Twitter service for the purpose of spamming anyone. What constitutes “spamming”: if you post duplicate content over multiple accounts or multiple duplicate updates on one account;

Is it a crime to violate TOS in the USA? No, sort of : https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2010/07/court-violating-terms-...

In short, they are not necessarily "welcome to," in the context of this court case, because a good lawyer would argue that that is asking the users to potentially violate TOS, which is a non-defendable "ask."

Anyway, these are probably going to be hashed out if the case moves forward, so, fingers crossed.

I've always wanted to see Twitter get more involved in the whole Trump Twitter thing just because "some men just want to watch the world burn" (sheer entertainment value). Imagine if Twitter just started posting shit from Donald Trump's account, or banned him from twitter, etc. I mean my god, the uproar. It would be terrifying and fantastic.

They could also just view his tweets without logging in or in private browsing mode. IMO, they have no case.

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