Good news from Guy Hamilton-Smith
Guy Hamilton-Smith has been a long-time ally of FAC. That is why it was good to receive this recent message from him:
“All — just wanted to pass this along, in my case in Kentucky where I’m challenging the new law there that requires registrants to use their full legal name on social media, the judge just granted a preliminary injunction prohibiting enforcement of the law. I think it puts us in a pretty good position moving forward. Order is attached.”
I didn’t even know we were allowed to use social media. I tried to sign up for Nextdoor and I was immediately blocked.
Good news for you but even the ones that will let you on, I stay off of them so less heat on me.
Bang on for the win though mate.
We are allowed to use social media, but as soon as Fakebook finds out you are a registrant they disable the account and Next Door doesn’t want registrants on their platform either. They cannot sue you, but they can block you like anyone else.
Before my wife filed for divorce, she tried to get on nextdoor app and they blocked her as well because I live here So it’s not just us but anyone at this a pfrs address.
I am late to this party but yes, we can use social media. However, private businesses can discriminate against us. In addition to Meta (Facebook & Instagram) and NextDoor, TikTok and numerous online dating sites have policies banning us. And private companies don’t have to follow the US Constitution.
(On the upside, the cesspool we still call Twitter doesn’t ban us and never has. It was awesome to see Ron DeSantis’s campaign manager seethe when she failed to get me kicked off Twitter in May.)
This movement is long overdue to sue them.
Does the law he refers to prohibit using an assumed name or dummy account? If not, I don’t think there’s an issue here.
If so, I would think that would be a free speech issue. While there may be an issue if someone gives a false or incomplete name to government entities, I don’t see how the government can mandate honesty between private parties. Even if doing so may result in crime (i.e., fraud).