Title: Fact Check: Did Twitter Violate President Trump's First Amendment Rights?
Headings: Fact Check: Did Twitter Violate President Trump's First Amendment Rights?
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Fact Check: Did Twitter Violate President Trump's First Amendment Rights?
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Content: It prohibits gov’t restrictions on speech based on the viewpoint of that speech. Twitter is not the government. This is not a First Amendment violation. — Nora Benavidez (@AttorneyNora) January 9, 2021
"The First Amendment protects freedom of religion, speech, press, assembly, & the right to petition the government for redress," she wrote. " It prohibits gov't restrictions on speech based on the viewpoint of that speech. Twitter is not the government. This is not a First Amendment violation." There are exceptions to the First Amendment's free speech protections. In the 1919 Supreme Court case Schenck v. United States, Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes concluded that the Frist Amendment does not protect against speech that creates a "clear and present danger of a significant evil." If people promote violence or harm against others, that speech is exempt from First Amendment protections.