Twitter Sues the Government to Block the Unmasking of an Account Critical of Trump
Twitter sued the federal government on Thursday to block the unmasking of an anonymous account that has posted messages critical of the Trump administration and has claimed to have ties to a government agency.
.. Jenny Burke, a spokeswoman for Homeland Security Department, which, with Customs and Border Protection had issued the summons, declined to comment.0
.. “To unmask an anonymous speaker online, the government must have a strong justification,” said Nathan Freed Wessler, an A.C.L.U. attorney involved in the case. “But in this case the government has given no reason at all, leading to concerns that it is simply trying to stifle dissent.”