READ HERE: The FBI used proprietary backchannels at Twitter to infringe on Americans’ First Amendment rights and should be “abolished,” former US Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul stated on Monday. While Twitter has previously skirted accusations of violating Americans’ right to free speech by arguing it is a private corporation, Paul pointed out that recently released internal communications between employees of the social media giant and government officials in the FBI and other agencies confirm the platform was acting as a surrogate of the state.