GOP warns: Regulating Twitter would ‘hamper free communication’

Published April 14, 2016 11:07am ET



The Federal Election Commission is still bitterly divided over whether to crack down on political speech sent over social media platforms like Twitter, Facebook and Snapchat.

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In a joint Tuesday statement, the agency’s three Republican commissioners reiterated their position that the feds should refrain from regulating interaction on social media. “To find otherwise would hamper free communication through … thousands of new and developing social media platforms,” the trio wrote.

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