A group of Twitter users blocked by President Donald Trump are suing after a request to be unblocked on First Amendment grounds went unheeded.

Knight First Amendment Institute at Columbia University v. Trump, 17-cv-05205, filed in the Southern District by the Knight First Amendment Institute at Columbia University on behalf of seven Twitter users, alleges Trump blocked them after they posted statements critical of the president on the social media platform.

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