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Originally Posted by Mick
No judge would ever risk signing.
The FBI or CIA or any other U.S government agency, requesting the removal of a lawful communication by a U.S citizen, would be in potential breach of 1st Amendment rights under the Constitution.
So any Judge signing a court order to remove anything on Twitter at the request of the FBI/CIA, would be acting unconstitutionally and could be sued.
Twitter can remove anything if wants as it’s not a governmental entity, but Twitter removing stuff, in concert with a government agency, this is violation of 1st Amendment rights, so long as the communication is lawful.
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But the FBI compensation we were discussing, was that for taking down tweets or responding to legal requests for information? The latter is normal when the FBI (or our police) are investigating crimes.
The article is very smoke and mirrors and not setting out the specific allegation. They’re saying the FBI paid Twitter and the program they reference is a standard compensation scheme for the time taking to respond to legal requests.