Social media giant Twitter filed a lawsuit Thursday alleging President Donald Trump’s administration demanded the identity of a user who’s been highly critical of the federal government. The suit, filed in U.S. District Court in California, names a consortium of defendants — including the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Customs and Border Protection, Homeland Security …
The Trump administration is trying to force Twitter to unmask at least one anti-Trump account, according to a new lawsuit. Twitter (TWTR, Tech30) filed a lawsuit Thursday against the U.S. government to block a request to provide personal information about the user behind @ALT_uscis. The account, whose name stands for alternative U.S.
An advocacy group is suing the Department of Homeland Security to release details about every time U.S. border officers have searched travelers’ electronic devices over the past five years. According to documents filed Monday, the Knight First Amendment Institute has alleged that recent reporting by NBC News shows that U.S. border officers are acting unconstitutionally, violating both the First …