Twitter Sues U.S. to Block Unmasking of Anti-Trump User

By Kartikay Mehrotra, Bloomberg News

Twitter Inc. sued the Trump administration to bar it from forcing the company to identify a user who has tweeted criticisms of the Homeland Security Department.

The social media giant contends attempts by the agency and U.S Customs and Border Protection to force Twitter to disclose information about users’ real identities would violate their first amendment rights to free speech. The users, including @Alt_USCIS, are among a “new and innovative class” of people claiming to be current or former employees of federal agencies who provide views that are “often vigorously opposed” to the actions of ...