Twitter to U.S. government: **, you can't see who's behind that anti-Trump account

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Twitter to U.S. government: **, you can't see who's behind that anti-Trump account
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So remember how President Donald Trump (a.k.a. @realDonaldTrump) loves Twitter and credits it with helping him win the election?

Well, Twitter is suing the U.S. government for demanding records of an anti-Trump account, Reuters reported Thursday. Twitter confirmed the report to Mashable.

SEE ALSO: Stephen Colbert thinks the GOP's Trumpcare seems a lot like 'Game of Thrones' (http://mashable.com/2017/03/09/stephen-colbert-republican-healthcare/)


Twitter is leveraging First Amendment rights to protect the user @ALT_USCIS. “The rights of free speech afforded Twitter’s users and Twitter itself under the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution include a right to disseminate such a**nymous or pseudonymous political speech," Twitter wrote in its lawsuit.* Read more... (http://mashable.com/2017/04/06/twitter-sues-us-government-anti-trump-account/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)

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