2nd Circuit rules that blocking Twitter users w/ diff views violates 1st Amendment This is PRICELESS! "The salient issues in this case arise from the decision of the President to use a relatively new type of social media platform to conduct official business and to interact with the public.  We do not consider or decide whether an elected official violates the Constitution by excluding persons from a wholly private social media account.  Nor do we consider or decide whether private social media companies are bound by the First Amendment when policing their platforms.   We do conclude, however, that the First Amendment does not permit a public official who utilizes a social media account for all manner of official purposes to exclude persons from an otherwise‐open online dialogue because they expressed views with which the official disagrees." It's so brilliant, because it applies to ALL elected officials. And if Twitter is considered a public forum, Twitter also can't ban or purge users whose views differ from their corporate philosophy! Working on getting link to doc. Mobile atm. EDIT: Link to doc, page 4 contains quoted text.