..President Donald Trump has been party to an eye-watering 4,000 lawsuits over the last 30 years, US media say.
And now the mogul turned commander-in-chief has attracted one more, after seven people sued him for blocking them on Twitter.
Mr Trump is an avid user of the social media forum, which he deploys to praise allies and lambast critics.
The lawsuit was filed by the Knight First Amendment Institute, a free speech group at Columbia University.
The seven Twitter users involved claim their accounts were blocked by the president, or his aides, after they replied to his tweets with mocking or critical comments.
People on Twitter are unable to see or respond to tweets from accounts that block them.
The legal complaint argues that by blocking these individuals, Mr Trump has barred them from joining the online conversation.
It calls the move an attempt to "suppress dissent" in a public forum - and a violation of their First Amendment right to free speech.

White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer and the president's social media director Daniel Scavino are also named in the lawsuit.
Last month, Mr Spicer said Mr Trump's tweets were considered "official statements by the president of the United States".
The president's @realDonaldTrump Twitter account has 33.7m followers, while the official @POTUS account has 19.3m.

Jameel Jaffer, executive director of the Knight First Amendment Institute, said the president's love of Twitter means it has become "an important source of news and information about the government".
"The First Amendment applies to this digital forum in the same way it applies to town halls and open school board meetings," he said.
"The White House acts unlawfully when it excludes people from this forum simply because they've disagreed with the president."
According to the institute, the account's blocking habit should be a concern for everyone.
Why? Because even if they can read the president's tweets, what they see has been consciously cleansed of criticism.

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-40577858

Make una leave this man alone na

He has a right to block you on his personal twitter account @realdonaldtrump , he can only be sued for if blocks any idiot from his Whitehouse official account called @POTUS

SalamRushdie:
He has a right to block you on his personal twitter account @realdonaldtrump , he can only be sued for if blocks any idiot from his Whitehouse official account called @POTUS

His life his public. He discusses public issues and matters of national importance on the personal Twitter account... Hence no taxpayer or citizen should be blocked on his account!
That's is a form of psychological violence and discrimination.

SmartChoices:

His life his public. He discusses public issues and matters of national importance on the personal Twitter account... Hence no taxpayer or citizen should be blocked on his account!
That's is a form of psychological violence and discrimination.

Donald Trump doesn't owe any explanation to any Satanist liberal who are only out to see that he fails ..Like I said any homosexual, radical Islamist, illegal immigrant, terrorist and Satanist that wants to follow Trump should go to the @POTUS handle or wait for weekly white press briefs because his personal twitter handle is for his personal friends and we'll wishers only

SalamRushdie:


Donald Trump doesn't owe any explanation to any Satanist liberal who are only out to see that he fails ..Like I said any homosexual, radical Islamist, illegal immigrant, terrorist and Satanist that wants to follow Trump should go to the @POTUS handle or wait for weekly white press briefs because his personal twitter handle is for his personal friends and we'll wishers only

My views are contrary to this but I respect your right to your views.
Why pick on liberals...

SalamRushdie:


Donald Trump doesn't owe any explanation to any Satanist liberal who are only out to see that he fails ..Like I said any homosexual, radical Islamist, illegal immigrant, terrorist and Satanist that wants to follow Trump should go to the @POTUS handle or wait for weekly white press briefs because his personal twitter handle is for his personal friends and we'll wishers only

Calm down Buddy. The clown said his tweets is an official statement and being a public servant living in a public house, he couldn't block any American from his tweets. That's the way things work in America. The court will be the final arbiter of this.

Lucasbalo:
Calm down Buddy. The clown said his tweets is an official statement and being a public servant living in a public house, he couldn't block any American from his tweets. That's the way things work in America. The court will be the final arbiter of this.

Exactly.

SmartChoices:

Exactly.

I don't know why some of our people worship the worthless bigot that won't give them the light of the day. Anytime trump says anything about Africa, it's always derogatory and condescending and you see our people here on nairaland turning him to God.