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I don’t know how people can be so absolutely shocked that their public posts online could be used by anybody for basically any purpose.

If you want to keep your thoughts private, then maybe don’t post them publicly?

If WhatsApp or another private messaging app started doing this, I’d be right there with the people calling that absolutely unacceptable.

But I’m not surprised at all that Twitter is doing this, and I don’t know how anybody even remotely tech savvy could be.

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If only there was some legal regime that turned this conundrum into a scenario whereby people could publicly share their intellectual property while still retaining control of their rights in the material.

This seems so critical to a functioning society that one would have thought it would have been considered in the Constitution. Oh well!

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If you think Twitter is violating the constitution or copyright law, then take them to court.

But by agreeing to the terms of use, Twitter retains certain rights over what you post on the platform.

If that is not acceptable, then don’t use Twitter. If you think your thoughts are too valuable for Twitter to use, then write them into a book or blog or some other venue where your intellectual property can be protected.

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I do not think Twitter is violating the Constitution unless we are talking about some kind of state actor doctrine vis a vis misinformation censorship under previous ownership.

I do not think there are any violations of intellectual property law given that there is surely a waiver of ownership of posts in the TOS.

I, of course, do not have the kind of free time required to do something like engage with Twitter, and accordingly I have no account, cannot post, and have not agreed to the TOS.

I think you have misconstrued my post, but that’s ok.