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    From S K@21:1/5 to All on Wed Nov 9 10:00:04 2022
    Of course the media outlet can ban anybody for any reason because the first amendment only applies to the government restricting free speech.

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  • From Rick@21:1/5 to All on Wed Nov 9 10:46:58 2022
    "S K" wrote in message news:c479ab37-34ef-4c96-a0d1-d71bfa910f5fn@googlegroups.com...

    Of course the media outlet can ban anybody for any reason because the first >amendment only applies to the government restricting free speech.

    Unless it is done to commit some kind of crime like fraud or identity theft, it's hard to see how merely posting under another name would be illegal.
    It would be similar to meeting someone at a party and introducing yourself
    as B when your name is A. Unless you're trying to commit some kind of identity-related crime, I think you can legally do that.

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  • From Barry Gold@21:1/5 to S K on Wed Nov 9 10:41:24 2022
    On 11/9/2022 10:00 AM, S K wrote:
    Of course the media outlet can ban anybody for any reason because the first amendment only applies to the government restricting free speech.


    If you do it with intent to gain anything of value -- money, stocks,
    material things of any sort -- it is fraud and/or identify theft.

    Actually, under certain circumstances it might be identity theft: https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/1028

    But for normal social media, about the only thing that's likely to
    happen is that the social media company will suspend or cancel your account.

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  • From Roy@21:1/5 to S K on Wed Nov 9 10:42:02 2022
    On 11/9/2022 10:00 AM, S K wrote:
    Of course the media outlet can ban anybody for any reason because the first amendment only applies to the government restricting free speech.


    Things may be different if "B" is a real person and you are
    impersonating them.

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  • From John Dillinger@21:1/5 to All on Thu Nov 10 11:43:40 2022
    On Wed, 9 Nov 2022 10:00:04 -0800 (PST), S K <skpflex1@gmail.com>
    wrote:

    Of course the media outlet can ban anybody for any reason because the first amendment only applies to the government restricting free speech.

    If person B is a real person that you are impersonating and then you
    attempt fraud or defamation of them then you could be canceled by the
    host. You could also be criminally prosecuted for fraudulent actions.
    You could be civilly sued for defamation in many countries.


    No, I'm not the famous dead Bank Robber John Dillinger. But no one
    actually believes I am either.

    IMHO. YMMV.




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