Twitter sues Texas attorney-general over probe into Trump ban
09 March 2021 - 10:10
San Francisco — Twitter has sued Texas attorney-general Ken Paxton over his investigation of its moderation practices that he started after the social media company banned former President Donald Trump.
Twitter described the Republican attorney-general’s probe as nothing more than an attempt to “intimidate, harass and target” the company in retaliation for its exercise of the First Amendment right to free speech...
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