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orangecrush

(19,236 posts)
Fri Apr 7, 2017, 04:35 PM Apr 2017

U.S. Blinks in Clash With Twitter; Drops Order to Unmask Anti-Trump Account

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Source: New York Times


By MIKE ISAAC
APRIL 7, 2017
SAN FRANCISCO — Last month, the federal government issued a summons ordering Twitter to hand over information about an anonymous account that had posted messages critical of the Trump administration. Now, the government has blinked.

Customs and Border Protection on Friday withdrew its demand that Twitter unmask the anonymous account, a day after the social media company sued the government to block the summons. The person or people behind the account in question, @ALT_USCIS, had claimed to be a current employee of Citizenship and Immigration Services and had regularly posted messages at odds with White House policy.

The government’s move defused a potential standoff pitting a presidential administration that has tried to clamp down on leaks against a technology company with a history of defending its users’ First Amendment rights.

Read more: https://mobile.nytimes.com/2017/04/07/technology/us-blinks-in-clash-with-twitter-drops-order-to-unmask-anti-trump-account.html?referer=https://www.google.com/ to source



An important victory.
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U.S. Blinks in Clash With Twitter; Drops Order to Unmask Anti-Trump Account (Original Post) orangecrush Apr 2017 OP
Whew! I post anti-Trump tweets all the time! nt JEFF9K Apr 2017 #1
And I and thousands of others are right with you. Glad Twitter killed this. nt iluvtennis Apr 2017 #2
It's scary that CBP even thought they christx30 Apr 2017 #5
Twitter needs to pull Cheeto's account jpak Apr 2017 #3
Good News Frequent Ranter Apr 2017 #4
I don't think they had a chance. What a bunch of idiots. Glimmer of Hope Apr 2017 #6
Locking mcar Apr 2017 #7

JEFF9K

(1,935 posts)
1. Whew! I post anti-Trump tweets all the time! nt
Fri Apr 7, 2017, 04:42 PM
Apr 2017

iluvtennis

(19,757 posts)
2. And I and thousands of others are right with you. Glad Twitter killed this. nt
Fri Apr 7, 2017, 04:47 PM
Apr 2017

christx30

(6,241 posts)
5. It's scary that CBP even thought they
Fri Apr 7, 2017, 05:05 PM
Apr 2017

had any case to demand that of Twitter. "posted messages critical of the Trump administration". Where is the alleged crime here? What the hell gives them the right to even ask this? Unless the posts are about encouraging undocumented immigration and details ways of getting around CPB, why does CPB even think that Twitter owes them any kind of obedience?! I'm just... ugh...
But this does point to an escalation in the fascism of the new US government. Trump has given his ilk leave to up controls on speech. This is intimidation. Not just of Twitter, but the rest of social media. "Don't mess with us. Keep your trap shut, or we'll make your life difficult."
Glad Twitter pushed back. Trump needs to be told "No" loudly, and often.

jpak

(41,741 posts)
3. Twitter needs to pull Cheeto's account
Fri Apr 7, 2017, 04:55 PM
Apr 2017

let him see who's the boss

yup

 

Frequent Ranter

(55 posts)
4. Good News
Fri Apr 7, 2017, 05:03 PM
Apr 2017

But it's hard getting used to the fact that, in legal matters, "the U.S." now means the Orange Mutant Administration. Ugh!

Glimmer of Hope

(5,823 posts)
6. I don't think they had a chance. What a bunch of idiots.
Fri Apr 7, 2017, 05:14 PM
Apr 2017

mcar

(42,210 posts)
7. Locking
Fri Apr 7, 2017, 06:05 PM
Apr 2017
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