Twitter pulls lawsuit over anti-Trump account, says summons withdrawn


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  • Monday, 10 Apr 2017

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SAN FRANCISCO: Twitter Inc on April 7 dropped a lawsuit it filed the previous day against the US Homeland Security Department, saying the government had withdrawn a summons for records about who was behind an account critical of President Donald Trump. 

A lawyer for the social media company, Mark Flanagan, wrote in court papers that a US Justice Department lawyer told Twitter about the withdrawal of the summons on April 7 and that the demand "no longer has any force or effect." 

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