Internet Association Weighs In On President Trump's Twitter Blocks

Tech companies appear to be concerned that they might face some unintended consequences as a result of a battle over whether President Donald Trump violates the First Amendment by blocking critics on Twitter. In court papers submitted the week of Aug 13, the Silicon Valley group Internet Association is urging a federal appellate court to clarify that Twitter can continue to block users -- regardless of whether Trump may legally do so. "Even if this Court finds that government actors who operate Twitter accounts are restrained by the First Amendment, it should make clear that Twitter itself is not similarly restrained," the Internet Association writes in a proposed friend-of-the-court brief filed with the 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals.