Trump announces lawsuit against Facebook, Google and Twitter
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The orange buffoon could have moved over to Parler back when Parler was still relevant. That and banning federal agencies from using Twitter would have been a massive blow to Twitter.
How on earth would that have helped? Even if it dealt a blow to twitter they'd be back to normal by now, and Parler would still be dead. (having banned him to comply with Apple and Amazon)
It would have forced the press onto Parler. Twitter essentially has two user bases, twitter leftists and politicos/the media/establishment. Trump would have dragged the press and other Republicans onto Parler, and with them, all the TDS suffering leftists probably would have opened accounts as well in order to dunk on Trump. That would have created enough of a critical mass that Amazon would not have yeeted Parler for fear of the backlash. As it was, it was only a group of conservatives using Parler and Amazon doesn't give a single fuck about taking down a platform that only conservatives use.
Also for the courts to take you seriously you have to show harm. Parler wasn't a realistic alternative, but opening an account would have been seen as an admission that he believed it was - giving them an excuse to dismiss the case.
This suit will go nowhere. These platforms have been sued by many others over the past few years for a variety of reasons including free speech, censorship, etc. and they've all been shot down in court. Here is one such example. This suit is a publicity stunt to rally the base.
100% a stunt to squeeze more donations out of his gullible base. Grifters gonna grift.
technically could also have issues: no public authority or person working for public authority may use social media, but how'd ya think that would have resonated in voter base that believes in "freedom" ; no, only solutions would be 1) alter that cursed point in law and make social media companies also able to loose their platform status if they do not stay as platforms (that would been major blow if any) or 2) divide monopolies
"No Executive Branch Office or Employee when acting in the official capacity of their position, shall disseminate any communications -- official or unofficial -- over the social media platform commonly known as Twitter"
Use of electronic systems by government offices and employees is restricted all the time: they don't get to install whatever software they want on their government issued computers.
Honestly it would be good to extend that rule to all government officials on all media platforms. When did we get to a point where everyone @FBI @USARMY @IRS @NASA @USHOUSE @USEMBASSYINNEPAL are making their own random statements about whatever they want? Shouldn't all government communications be disseminating from a single source or at least be approved?
I first noticed the phenomenon when @FBIPortland quickly tweeted an official statement (before they could have even started any investigation) that "there is no group setting fires on the west coast, that's just a conspiracy theory, so please stop calling the police to report that you saw someone setting a fire."