Government seeks to unmask Trump dissident on Twitter, lawsuit reveals
by Julia Carrie Wong in San Francisco from Technology | The Guardian on (#2JC1Z)
Twitter says government wants to reveal identity behind an account that claims to provide anonymity for civil servants who disagree with Trump policy
The US government sought to unmask the identity of an anonymous Twitter account criticizing its policies, according to a lawsuit filed by the social media platform Thursday.
Customs and Border Patrol (CBP), a division of homeland security, issued a summons to Twitter on 14 March seeking records including the phone number, mailing addresses, and IP addresses associated with @ALT_USCIS, an account that purports to convey the views of dissenters within the government.
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