Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas took aim at tech companies, writing that social media companies are "sufficiently akin" to common carriers, like public utilities, and argued they should be "regulated in this manner." https://t.co/kkzSNgAf5Y

— NPR Politics (@nprpolitics) April 5, 2021

As the Supreme Court issued an order today declaring moot a lawsuit over Trump’s blocking of some Twitter users from commenting on his feed, Justice Clarence Thomas weighed in with a 12-page lament about the power of social media firms like Twitter https://t.co/q37nreClwx

— POLITICO (@politico) April 5, 2021

Thomas concurs, emphasizes difficulty of “applying old doctrines to new digital platforms.” He says, “it seems rather odd to say that something is a gov forum when a private company has unrestricted authority to do away with it” referring to @Twitter removing Trump’s account.

— SCOTUSblog (@SCOTUSblog) April 5, 2021

Justice Thomas: "The disparity between Twitter’s control and Mr. Trump’s control is stark … Mr. Trump blocked several people from interacting with his messages. Twitter barred Mr. Trump not only from interacting with a few users, but removed him from the entire platform."

— Mike Scarcella (@MikeScarcella) April 5, 2021