Judge to Trump: Muting, not blocking followers, may end suit
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March 9, 2018
NEW YORK (AP) — A judge recommended Thursday that President Donald Trump mute rather than block some of his critics from following him on Twitter to resolve a First Amendment lawsuit.
U.S. District Judge Naomi Reice Buchwald suggested a settlement as the preferred outcome after hearing lawyers argue whether it's constitutional for Trump to block some followers.
"Isn't the answer he just mutes the person he finds personally offensive?" she asked. "He can avoid hearing them by muting them."
The hearing stemmed from a lawsuit filed in July by the Knight First Amendment Institute at Columbia Unive...
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