Twitter Sues Federal Government
Okay, what seems to be going on is:<p>a) DHS / Customs & Border Protection want to unmask the person(s) behind the @ALT_USCIS account<p>b) They want to use an unnamed "investigatory tool" to do this<p>c) Twitter does not want them to do this, on (extensive) 1st amendment grounds<p>d) Twitter says the Supreme Court is on their side on this issue<p>The lawsuit is to stop DHS / CBP from using the tool.<p>The "tool" is a legal "tool" - an ability granted to the agencies to legally compel Twitter to do stuff.<p>The reasonable editorial is then that the Government wants to do this because they don't like being criticized or contradicted by these ALT_* accounts, and Twitter wants the accounts to stay anonymous because the criticism is good (both in terms of quality and effect), and taking away that anonymity is all kinds of bad.<p>(I'm <i>totally</i> on Twitter's side on this)