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07-12-2017, 12:30 AM
So a bunch of Twitter users actually sued Trump for blocking them
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Twitter users blocked by President Donald Trump weren't just threatening legal action if the president didn't unblock them on the social media platform — they followed through.*
SEE ALSO: Trump blocked users on Twitter and **w they're threatening legal action (http://mashable.com/2017/06/06/twitter-first-amendment-trump-block/)
The seven users through the Knight First Amendment Institute at Columbia University filed a lawsuit Tuesday against Trump for blocking them. They were cut from his feed because they criticized the president and his policies on the platform.*
The federal lawsuit claims Trump's blocks essentially silences his opponents, infringing on their First Amendment rights and keeps them from interacting in a public forum. Along with Trump, White House press secretary Sean Spicer and White House social media director Dan Scavi** are named in the suit. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2017/07/11/twitter-blocked-trump-lawsuit-free-speech/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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Twitter users blocked by President Donald Trump weren't just threatening legal action if the president didn't unblock them on the social media platform — they followed through.*
SEE ALSO: Trump blocked users on Twitter and **w they're threatening legal action (http://mashable.com/2017/06/06/twitter-first-amendment-trump-block/)
The seven users through the Knight First Amendment Institute at Columbia University filed a lawsuit Tuesday against Trump for blocking them. They were cut from his feed because they criticized the president and his policies on the platform.*
The federal lawsuit claims Trump's blocks essentially silences his opponents, infringing on their First Amendment rights and keeps them from interacting in a public forum. Along with Trump, White House press secretary Sean Spicer and White House social media director Dan Scavi** are named in the suit. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2017/07/11/twitter-blocked-trump-lawsuit-free-speech/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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