Appeals court ruling suggests little legal traction for Trump's anti-Twitter campaign

https://www.politico.com/news/2020/05/27/trump-twitter-court-ruling-284632

 

The appeals court judges said that despite the companies’ power, they cannot violate the First Amendment because it only regulates governments, not the private sector.

“Freedom Watch’s First Amendment claim fails because it does not adequately allege that the Platforms can violate the First Amendment. In general, the First Amendment ‘prohibits only governmental abridgment of speech,'” the court said.