[hiimtroymclure]

you aren't the president. Any future elected official now has to consider if these social media companies are a good medium to communicate with the people. If that elected official doesn't play big tech's rules, the looming threat of a ban might change their mind.

It's crazy naive to not see the implications of this

[FireBeyond]

The President has access to TV (this one mainly uses it to go on long winded rambling call-ins to Fox and Friends), not to mention a fairly comprehensive web platform of his own to communicate.

This is a President who wouldn't even use the designated @potus account because he is so narcissistic he wanted the follower count for himself.

[fuzxi]

What good reason is there for the president to not simply communicate via whitehouse.gov or equivalent?

You might argue that it has lesser reach compared to a major social media site, but there are countless individuals and organizations that would jump to be the first one posting a link to a presidential address on social media sites.

[lame-robot-hoax]

The president has to follow the TOS just like any other user. They aren’t a king.

[PaulDavisThe1st]

the implications being??? that it's not a great idea for the POTUS (or equivalent) to consider a private communications platform as their official "channel to the people"? well, duh! who'd have thunk?

[mac01021]

Twitter and the like were never a good medium to communicate with the people. Seldom can you say anything serious in 140 characters.

[andrewzah]

It's almost as if there are official channels to communicate information. Ones that aren't private companies.