{"id":32553,"date":"2017-07-16T10:43:57","date_gmt":"2017-07-16T14:43:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.opensource.im\/uncategorized\/wikileaks-founder-julian-assange-supports-twitter-lawsuit-against-trump-washington-examiner.php"},"modified":"2017-07-16T10:43:57","modified_gmt":"2017-07-16T14:43:57","slug":"wikileaks-founder-julian-assange-supports-twitter-lawsuit-against-trump-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/euvolution.com\/open-source-convergence\/wikileaks\/wikileaks-founder-julian-assange-supports-twitter-lawsuit-against-trump-washington-examiner.php","title":{"rendered":"WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange supports Twitter lawsuit against Trump – Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange said Saturday that he supports the lawsuit filed this week arguing that President Trump and members of his communications staff should not be blocking users from his Twitter account. <\/p>\n

\"I support this suit against Trump. It a constitutional violation for a state official to block political comments,\" Assange wrote on Twitter. He added that the \"only exception\" would be \"if the user makes the same comment endlessly which would have the effect of denying others space to speak.\" <\/p>\n

The lawsuit was filed by the Knight First Amendment Institute on Tuesday, which argues that Trump and his communications team are violating the Constitution through their use of Twitter. The institute, a project created by Columbia University and the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, took issue with Trump blocking various Twitter users from viewing his tweets. The suit requests that the court force Trump to remove his Twitter ban on seven users seeking to view his profile. <\/p>\n

The suit was filed in the Southern District of New York and follows a letter that the institute sent to Trump last month threatening legal action if he didn't make changes to his account. <\/p>\n

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