Trump can't block his critics on Twitter, judge rules
A screen grab shows a message tweeted by US President Donald Trump as he announced his historic summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un will take place in Singapore on June 12. AFP PHOTO | ERIC BARADAT
President Donald Trump cannot legally block Twitter users who disagree with him, a federal judge ruled Wednesday in a case with potentially far-reaching implications for social media use by public officials.
Judge Naomi Reice Buchwald said the blocking of Trump critics — which prevents them from seeing and interacting with the president's tweets — violated the free speech rights of those users guaranteed in the Constitution's First Amendment.
