Trump challenges court ruling of his blocking of Twitter accounts

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Donald Trump is challenging a federal appeals court decision that ruled he violated the US Constitution by blocking people whose views he disliked from his Twitter account. The three-judge panel last month upheld a May 2018 lower court ruling that forced Trump to unblock several dozen followers. His blocking of critics was challenged by the Knight First Amendment Institute at Columbia University, as well as seven Twitter users he had blocked. The Justice Department filing noted that since the ruling two lawsuits were filed accusing Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of violating the First Amendment for blocking individuals on her personal Twitter account. The Justice Department filing said the court’s “mistaken First Amendment reasoning is being applied not just to any public official, but to the President of United States.”(Reporting by David Shepardson; editing by Jonathan Oatis and Tom Brown)Likes

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