Trump bans EPA employees from giving social media updates.

[Scoobes]

fatslob-:O said:

Scoobes said:

You really don't understand how state funded science works.

Unless it's DARPA or some other defense spending or a private entity owns the IP for the data, then you have every right to know (up to you if you're happy with giving up that right). Public research thrives on being an open platform and even private companies will present their findings at major conferences and spread the word on social media although not all the proprietary details (at least until a patent is filed). Having a robust social media policy is not the same as a complete gag order.

LOL, what right ? 

Does the constitution guarantee that the government have to share research results ? No 

Does any federal law exist that says that the government have to disclose any research results ? No 

Feelings don't help in this argument, only facts matter. 

should be =/= actual 

Only facts matter...  ironic statement considering we're talking about the Trump administration.

You may want to check your own public access policies. There are public policies in the US regarding access to federal funded research. NIH for instance makes all biomedical papers that have been funded either wholly or partially by them be deposited in Pubmed Central 6 months after publication so they can be freely viewed by anyone. 

You're also forgetting the Freedom of Information Act which would apply in many cases here.  

Those are the facts.