From: johnny@invalid.net   
      
   By Jessica Chasmar   
   Published December 14, 2022   
      
   The FBI may have may have violated the First Amendment by asking   
   Twitter to moderate certain speech, as revealed in a recent "Twitter   
   Files" release, constitutional experts tell Fox News Digital.   
      
   Cut!   
      
   Heritage Foundation senior legal fellow Hans von Spakovsky told Fox   
   News Digital that while Twitter is a private company that is free to   
   moderate content, the company could be viewed as an agent for the   
   federal government if it is found to be taking its direction.   
      
   "The First Amendment applies to the government and prohibits censorship   
   by government agencies and entities, not private actors," Von Spakovsky   
   said.   
      
   "However, when a private company is censoring information based on   
   direction, coordination and cooperation with the government, then   
   legally it may be considered to be acting as an agent for the   
   government, and it may be found to be violating the First Amendment."   
      
   https://www.foxnews.com/politics/fbi-may-violated-first-amendmen   
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