US government drops effort to unmask anti-Trump Twitter account
by Julia Carrie Wong in San Francisco from on (#2JEJ0)
Attempt to reveal identity behind an account criticizing Trump's immigration policy sparked an outcry from free speech advocates and a lawsuit from Twitter
The US government has backed down from its attempt to unmask an anonymous Twitter account that criticized the Trump administration, a victory for free speech advocates.
Just one day after Twitter sued the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to block its effort to gain identifying information about an anonymous account, @ALT_USCIS, attorneys from the justice department contacted Twitter to inform them that the disputed summons had been withdrawn.
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