AOC sued over blocking Twitter users, following ap
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Former Democratic New York Assemblyman Dov Hikind filed a lawsuit against Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y. in federal court on Tuesday for blocking users on Twitter based on their personal viewpoints, following a federal appeals court ruling earlier in the day barring President Trump from doing the same.
"Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has blocked me on Twitter yesterday apparently because my critique of her tweets and policies have been too stinging," Hikind said in a statement announcing the suit, which was filed in the Eastern District of New York and obtained by Fox News.
"Just today the 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed a ruling that elected officials cannot block individuals from their Twitter accounts, thereby setting a precedent that Ocasio-Cortez must follow," he added. "Twitter is a public space, and all should have access to the government officials on it."
The First Amendment prohibits discrimination by government actors against a person’s free speech based on his or her viewpoints.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/aoc-to-face-...g-on-trump
Hikind lawsuit against AOC.pdf
https://www.scribd.com/document/416352231/Hik...st-AOC-pdf