Trump Cannot Block Twitter Users, Appeals Court Rules - PCMag UK " /> Skip to main content PCMag UK News & Analysis By Rob Marvin 9 Jul 2019, 6:53 p.m. President Trump's Twitter account must be open to the public, a US Circuit Court of Appeals rules. Twitter also bans religious hate speech as part of its dehumanization policy. We review products independently, but we may earn affiliate commissions from buying links on this page. Terms of use. It's a busy news day for Twitter. Nearly a year after announcing its dehumanization policy to curb the hateful speech that runs rampant on the social media platform, the company is explicitly extending its rules to cover religious persecution. Separately, a US Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that the First Amendment forbids President Trump from using Twitter's "blocking" function to limit access to his account, which is otherwise open to the public. The decision comes more than a year after a district court judge ruled that Trump blocking his critics on Twitter was unconstitutional. Trump has since quietly unblocked accounts. The First Amendment debate over the President's Twitter usage, which has raged since he was inaugurated, ended in a unanimous 3-0 appeals decision. In his opinion, Circuit Judge Barrington Parker wrote that Trump's Twitter account is a "main vehicle for conducting official business," and that tweets have been characterised by aides as official statements. Tweets have even been filed as official records with the National Archives. The Justice Department previously argued that Trump's account was used to express personal views, not act as a "public forum" as the 2018 ruling stated. The appeals court decision affirms that because Trump uses Twitter to communicate with the public about his administration, open access is protected by the First Amendment. "The First Amendment does not permit a public official who utilises 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," Judge Parker wrote. "This debate, as uncomfortable and as unpleasant as it frequently may be, is nonetheless a good thing. We remind the litigants and the public that if the First Amendment means anything, it means that the best response to disfavoured speech on matters of public concern is more speech, not less," he said. Holding Twitter Users Accountable Twitter has also taken more action of late in holding world leaders accountable to its rules, announcing it would put warning labels on tweets from world leaders and public figures who break its rules, and downgrade those tweets in timelines and search results. Elsewhere in the Twitterverse, the company updated its hateful conduct rules "to include language that dehumanises others on the basis of religion." This is Twitter's first update to its dehumanisation policy since unveiling it in September 2018, addressing a glaring omission to the existing policy based on global feedback. More than 8,000 responses submitted to Twitter in the past year have called for clearer language describing violations, more specific criteria protecting various groups from hate speech and harassment, and most importantly: more consistent enforcement. The updated dehumanisation policy specifically bans the use of insults and slurs such as "rats" or "maggots" against religious groups. Twitter said it will employ machine learning for automated flagging and human moderators to respond to user reports, but the execution will come down to how consistently the policy is enforced. The new hate speech rules only apply to future tweets. HTML MODULE 4329 Next Article More Inside PCMag.com About the Author Rob Marvin is the Assistant Editor of PCMag's Business section. He covers startups, business and venture capital, and writes features, news, and trend stories on all manner of emerging technologies. Beats include: blockchain, artificial intelligence and cognitive computing, augmented reality, legal cannabis tech, social media, the mobile app economy, digital commerce and payments, cloud, Big Data, low code development, containers and microservices, deep linking, equity crowdfunding, M&A, SEO, and enterprise software in general. Rob was previously an editor at SD Times covering software, managing social media, and writing narrative-driven features on any offbeat story or trend he could find. He graduated from Syracuse University's S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications ... See Full Bio Please enable JavaScript to view the comments. Ad \n\n\n\n\nThe First Amendment debate over the President's Twitter usage, which has raged since he was inaugurated, ended in a unanimous 3-0 appeals decision. In his opinion, Circuit Judge Barrington Parker wrote that Trump's Twitter account is a \"main vehicle for conducting official business,\" and that tweets have been characterised by aides as official statements. Tweets have even been filed as official records with the National Archives.\n\nThe Justice Department previously argued that Trump's account was used to express personal views, not act as a \"public forum\" as the 2018 ruling stated. The appeals court decision affirms that because Trump uses Twitter to communicate with the public about his administration, open access is protected by the First Amendment.\n\n\"The First Amendment does not permit a public official who utilises 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,\" Judge Parker wrote.\n\n\"This debate, as uncomfortable and as unpleasant as it frequently may be, is nonetheless a good thing. We remind the litigants and the public that if the First Amendment means anything, it means that the best response to disfavoured speech on matters of public concern is more speech, not less,\" he said.\n\nHolding Twitter Users Accountable\nTwitter has also taken more action of late in holding world leaders accountable to its rules, announcing it would put warning labels on tweets from world leaders and public figures who break its rules, and downgrade those tweets in timelines and search results.\n\n\n\nElsewhere in the Twitterverse, the company updated its hateful conduct rules \"to include language that dehumanises others on the basis of religion.\"\n\n\n\nThis is Twitter's first update to its dehumanisation policy since unveiling it in September 2018, addressing a glaring omission to the existing policy based on global feedback. More than 8,000 responses submitted to Twitter in the past year have called for clearer language describing violations, more specific criteria protecting various groups from hate speech and harassment, and most importantly: more consistent enforcement.\n\nThe updated dehumanisation policy specifically bans the use of insults and slurs such as \"rats\" or \"maggots\" against religious groups. Twitter said it will employ machine learning for automated flagging and human moderators to respond to user reports, but the execution will come down to how consistently the policy is enforced. 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We review products independently, but we may earn affiliate commissions from buying links on this page. Terms of use. It's a busy news day for Twitter. Nearly a year after announcing its dehumanization policy to curb the hateful speech that runs rampant on the social media platform, the company is explicitly extending its rules to cover religious persecution. Separately, a US Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that the First Amendment forbids President Trump from using Twitter's "blocking" function to limit access to his account, which is otherwise open to the public. The decision comes more than a year after a district court judge ruled that Trump blocking his critics on Twitter was unconstitutional. Trump has since quietly unblocked accounts. The First Amendment debate over the President's Twitter usage, which has raged since he was inaugurated, ended in a unanimous 3-0 appeals decision. In his opinion, Circuit Judge Barrington Parker wrote that Trump's Twitter account is a "main vehicle for conducting official business," and that tweets have been characterised by aides as official statements. Tweets have even been filed as official records with the National Archives. The Justice Department previously argued that Trump's account was used to express personal views, not act as a "public forum" as the 2018 ruling stated. The appeals court decision affirms that because Trump uses Twitter to communicate with the public about his administration, open access is protected by the First Amendment. "The First Amendment does not permit a public official who utilises 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," Judge Parker wrote. "This debate, as uncomfortable and as unpleasant as it frequently may be, is nonetheless a good thing. We remind the litigants and the public that if the First Amendment means anything, it means that the best response to disfavoured speech on matters of public concern is more speech, not less," he said. Holding Twitter Users Accountable Twitter has also taken more action of late in holding world leaders accountable to its rules, announcing it would put warning labels on tweets from world leaders and public figures who break its rules, and downgrade those tweets in timelines and search results. Elsewhere in the Twitterverse, the company updated its hateful conduct rules "to include language that dehumanises others on the basis of religion." This is Twitter's first update to its dehumanisation policy since unveiling it in September 2018, addressing a glaring omission to the existing policy based on global feedback. More than 8,000 responses submitted to Twitter in the past year have called for clearer language describing violations, more specific criteria protecting various groups from hate speech and harassment, and most importantly: more consistent enforcement. The updated dehumanisation policy specifically bans the use of insults and slurs such as "rats" or "maggots" against religious groups. Twitter said it will employ machine learning for automated flagging and human moderators to respond to user reports, but the execution will come down to how consistently the policy is enforced. The new hate speech rules only apply to future tweets. HTML MODULE 4329 Next Article More Inside PCMag.com About the Author Rob Marvin is the Assistant Editor of PCMag's Business section. He covers startups, business and venture capital, and writes features, news, and trend stories on all manner of emerging technologies. Beats include: blockchain, artificial intelligence and cognitive computing, augmented reality, legal cannabis tech, social media, the mobile app economy, digital commerce and payments, cloud, Big Data, low code development, containers and microservices, deep linking, equity crowdfunding, M&A, SEO, and enterprise software in general. Rob was previously an editor at SD Times covering software, managing social media, and writing narrative-driven features on any offbeat story or trend he could find. He graduated from Syracuse University's S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications ... See Full Bio Please enable JavaScript to view the comments. Ad \n\n\n\n\nThe First Amendment debate over the President's Twitter usage, which has raged since he was inaugurated, ended in a unanimous 3-0 appeals decision. In his opinion, Circuit Judge Barrington Parker wrote that Trump's Twitter account is a \"main vehicle for conducting official business,\" and that tweets have been characterised by aides as official statements. Tweets have even been filed as official records with the National Archives.\n\nThe Justice Department previously argued that Trump's account was used to express personal views, not act as a \"public forum\" as the 2018 ruling stated. The appeals court decision affirms that because Trump uses Twitter to communicate with the public about his administration, open access is protected by the First Amendment.\n\n\"The First Amendment does not permit a public official who utilises 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,\" Judge Parker wrote.\n\n\"This debate, as uncomfortable and as unpleasant as it frequently may be, is nonetheless a good thing. We remind the litigants and the public that if the First Amendment means anything, it means that the best response to disfavoured speech on matters of public concern is more speech, not less,\" he said.\n\nHolding Twitter Users Accountable\nTwitter has also taken more action of late in holding world leaders accountable to its rules, announcing it would put warning labels on tweets from world leaders and public figures who break its rules, and downgrade those tweets in timelines and search results.\n\n\n\nElsewhere in the Twitterverse, the company updated its hateful conduct rules \"to include language that dehumanises others on the basis of religion.\"\n\n\n\nThis is Twitter's first update to its dehumanisation policy since unveiling it in September 2018, addressing a glaring omission to the existing policy based on global feedback. More than 8,000 responses submitted to Twitter in the past year have called for clearer language describing violations, more specific criteria protecting various groups from hate speech and harassment, and most importantly: more consistent enforcement.\n\nThe updated dehumanisation policy specifically bans the use of insults and slurs such as \"rats\" or \"maggots\" against religious groups. Twitter said it will employ machine learning for automated flagging and human moderators to respond to user reports, but the execution will come down to how consistently the policy is enforced. 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