Twitter users sue Trump for blocking them

A group of Twitter users have filed a lawsuit against US President Donald Trump for blocking them on the social networking website, saying the move violates their right to free speech.

The claimants said in their lawsuit, filed on Wednesday, that Trump had violated their First Amendment rights by blocking them in response to their unfavorable posts about him or his administration.

“President Trump’s Twitter account, @realDonaldTrump, has become an important source of news and information about the government, and an important public forum for speech by, to, and about the President,” read the lawsuit, filed by the Knight First Amendment Institute at Columbia University on behalf of seven Twitter users.

“In an effort to suppress dissent in this forum, Defendants have excluded – ‘blocked’ – Twitter users who have criticized the President or his policies. This practice is unconstitutional, and this suit seeks to end it,” it added.

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