The Justice Department is appealing a ruling made last month that President Trump cannot block followers to his Twitter account based on their political views, according to a court filing.
In the past, the president has blocked critics from his @realDonaldTrump account, ranging from novelist Stephen King, comedian Rosie O’Donnell and Philip Cohen, a professor of sociology at the University of Maryland and one of seven plaintiffs in the case.
Blocked followers are unable to reply directly to the president’s tweets.
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