Fact check: Trump's nonsensical op-ed on his lawsuit against social media companies

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Facts First: US courts have consistently rejected the argument that social media companies are state actors that are subject to the First Amendment, which protects people from censorship by the government.

In a Wall Street Journal op-ed on Thursday about his new lawsuits against Facebook, Twitter and YouTube, former President Donald Trump argued that it is"unconstitutional" for social media companies to prevent specific people from posting or to block specific kinds of statements.

In a 2019 opinion written by one of Trump's own appointees, Justice Brett Kavanaugh, the Supreme Court ruled that even a nonprofit entity that the government of New York City allowed to run its public access television channels did not qualify as a state actor. Kavanaugh wrote that"merely hosting speech by others is not a traditional, exclusive public function and does not alone transform private entities into state actors subject to First Amendment constraints.

 

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The media companies should request that all monies 'The 2X impeached loser of the 2020 election even while cheating' should be required to turn over all monies raised since lawsuit filed to media companies, who will then donate it to worthy causes under their names.

If Trump files his case in the Philippines, he would have an interesting case. Free speech is protected by law here, even from private persons

Fact Check has no more credibility. you keep getting CAUGHT lying and faking the news to push a progressive agenda. Your job is to REPORT the news - not fabricate it and DEFINITELY not misrepresent it.

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Social media are private companies who expect people to adhere to certain set of rules. Freedom of speech is for printed word. The FCC governs the internet and does not uphold that freedom. People should attend a collegiate level civics course.

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LoL. So reporting science and banning willful misinformation is now collisusiin with the government? Man, those republicans sure love to twist the meaning of words.

Facebook and Twitter are subsidized by the government,, they are utilities for speech in the internet. They should be forced to protect free speech. Or sell it

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