A free-speech institute on Tuesday sent a letter to President Donald Trump demanding the prolific tweeter unblock certain Twitter users on grounds the practice violates the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution. Twitter users are unable to see or respond to tweets from accounts that block them. The Knight First Amendment Institute at Columbia University in New York said in its letter that the blocking suppressed speech in a public forum protected by the Constitution. BREAKING: Knight Institute demands that President Trump unblock critics on Twitter. The Knight Institute said its arguments would apply with “equal force” to both accounts.

Source: Huffington Post June 06, 2017 19:30 UTC