Tweet Speech

Twitter <strong><a href="https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/4495616-06-06-18.html">ducked</a></strong> conservative independent journalist Charles Johnson’s free-speech lawsuit Wednesday, after a state court judge found the social media giant is a private company, not a 21<sup>st</sup> century “public square,” and therefore had the right to cancel Johnson’s account.

FRESNO, Calif. – Twitter ducked conservative independent journalist Charles Johnson’s free-speech lawsuit Wednesday, after a state court judge found the social media giant is a private company, not a 21st century “public square,” and therefore had the right to cancel Johnson’s account.

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