The Trump administration is trying to force Twitter to unmask at least one anti-Trump account, according to a new lawsuit. Twitter (TWTR, Tech30) filed a lawsuit Thursday against the U.S. government to block a request to provide personal information about the user behind @ALT_uscis. Related: The Twitter resistance: Fighting Trump one tweet at a timeTwitter declined to comment beyond the legal filing. Shortly after Trump's inauguration, alternative or "rogue" Twitter accounts began popping up for the National Park Service, Environmental Protection Agency, NASA and more. The account also posted a screengrab of the First Amendment and later joked, "This is one way to get verified."

Source: CNN April 06, 2017 21:00 UTC