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The Trump Administration No Longer Wants Twitter To Reveal the Owner of an Anti-Trump Account (recode.net)

Posted by msmash on from the all-good dept.

From a report on Recode: The Trump administration informed Twitter on Friday that it would withdraw its demand that the social media company unmask an account critical of the president -- a move that prompted Twitter to drop its lawsuit. On Thursday, Twitter revealed that U.S. customs agents filed a legal order in a bid to get the company to reveal who is behind @ALT_USCIS -- a so-called "alt-agency" account that has been taking aim at Trump, his immigration policy and the inner workings of the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services.

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  1. Verbiage by Dan+East · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    I noticed this in the mainstream media. Suddenly every branch of government in the executive branch is now "The Trump Administration". Well, at least when it can be reported in a negative light. US Customs and Border Protection, which is part of Homeland Security, requested the information. We might as well just rename every single part of the Executive branch "The Trump Administration" to make the cost of printing letterheads and business cards much cheaper (you know, bulk discount).

    For instance, take a look at this article about Fast and Furious: http://www.cnn.com/2013/08/27/...
    CNN reported that the ATF did this, and not "The Obama Administration".

    I just find the incessant and obviously biased reporting annoying.

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    Better known as 318230.