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by olefoo 2168 days ago
Twitter is a private platform, it's true. But the GOVERNMENT is prohibited from using the services of a private contractor to chill the exercise of one's first amendment rights.

Not that that will limit the creation of ethically dubious firms like ClearviewAI or Palantir.

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The government can’t chill your right to tweet because you don’t have a right to tweet. Your tweets are public and you don’t own them, not even your own.

There is no law restricting the governments right to collect public data.