U.S. government drops its demand to reveal Twitter users identity

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U.S. government drops its demand to reveal Twitter user’s identity

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Less than 24 hours after news broke that Twitter was suing the federal government to protect the privacy of the person or persons behind a popular “rogue” anti-Trump account, the government has backed off. Today in a filing, Twitter dropped its charges against the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and Customs and Border Protection after the government withdrew its request to the company.

On March 14, DHS attempted to reveal the identity of the @ALT_uscis Twitter account, citing a law that lets the agency subpoena information pertaining to import and export codes. TechCrunch has reached out to DHS, Twitter, and the ACLU for comment and will update the story as it develops.

Last week : Unmasking is outrageous when it comes to Russian collusion.
Today: Unmask @alt_uscis because customs import code.

— ALT? Immigration (@ALT_uscis) April 6, 2017

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April 7, 2017 at 06:08AM