Twitter drops its lawsuit after the US government walks back a summons seeking the identity of people behind a Twitter account critical of the president.
The company said the federal government ordered it to reveal the identity of an account critical of the Trump administration.
Well, that was quick.
Twitter on Friday dropped a lawsuit against the US government after US Customs and Border Protection withdrew a summons demanding the identity of people behind a Twitter account critical of President Donald Trump. Twitter had just filed its lawsuit on Thursday.
“Because the summons has now been withdrawn, Twitter voluntarily dismisses without prejudice all claims,” the social media site’s attorneys wrote in a legal filing to the court Friday. The Department of Justice didn’t respond to a request for comment.
CBP, a part of the US Department of Homeland Security, was trying to unmask the owners of Twitter account @ALT_USCIS.
