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: or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances." As civil rights lawyer Nora Benavidez wrote in a tweet, the amendment prohibits the government from restricting speech based on the viewpoint expressed in that speech. Twitter is a private company, not the government, and therefore is not subject to the First Amendment. The First Amendment protects freedom of religion, speech, press, assembly, & the right to petition the government for redress. 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.