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Twitter Sues Trump Administration Over Alleged Attempt To Unmask Owner Of Anti-Trump Account

Revealing the user’s identity would be a violation of First Amendment rights, it argues.

Twitter filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration Thursday over allegations that government officials had tried to force the social media company to reveal the identity behind an anonymous account critical of Trump and his immigration policies.

The lawsuit alleges that U.S. Customs and Border Protection issued a summons to Twitter in March, demanding that it turn over records that would unmask the identity of the user or users behind the @ALT_uscis, or “ALT Immigration,” account ― an anonymous account that is purportedly run by federal immigration authorities. The account is one of more than a dozen “rogue” federal agency accounts that appeared in the wake of Donald Trump’s January inauguration and posts criticisms of the president’s positions on science, climate change and other issues.

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security, which oversees CBP, was also named as a defendant in the suit, which was filed in federal court in San Francisco, where the company is based.

Twitter filed the suit to challenge the order to reveal the account user’s true identity, saying that unmasking users would be a violation of the First Amendment rights of the company and its users.

“Compelled disclosure of the identities of Twitter users who have engaged in pseudonymous speech would chill their exercise of the constitutionally protected right to speak anonymously,” the lawsuit reads. “Moreover, independent of its users’ rights, Twitter’s actions in providing a platform for the dissemination of its users’ speech — including its decision to permit the publication of pseudonymous speech — is fully protected by the First Amendment.”

The American Civil Liberties Union said it would be defending the user behind the account and their right to anonymous speech on the platform.

more at http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/twitter-trump-lawsuit_us_58e6a5a9e4b0585892c9c5ab?nwj&

Chai if na 9ja, that user for dey Kuje by now lol

:-XTheir account , dere whala

JeffreyJames:
Chai if na 9ja, that user for dey Kuje by now lol

That's how we roll...what a country.

This one pass Trump. Make him dump twitter make we see.

beckNcall:
This is not fake news



more at http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/twitter-trump-lawsuit_us_58e6a5a9e4b0585892c9c5ab?nwj&

That is the essence of 1st amendment. Freedom of Speech and trump will fail if he thinks he can bully people from critiqueing him. He ain't seen nothing yet.

Lucasbalo:
That is the essence of 1st amendment. Freedom of Speech and trump will fail if he thinks he can bully people from critiqueing him. He ain't seen nothing yet.

That's whats surprising. One day we hear trump bashing Obama for allegedly unmasking flynn and co in the russiagate scandal, but they are just doing exactly that

Pls if ur news is not base on logistics nd efenation...pls save it till next week

kestolove95:
Pls if ur news is not base on logistics nd efenation...pls save it till next week

what are you even saying?