Texans sue AG Ken Paxton for blocking them on Twitter
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Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has been sued by nine Texans over blocking them on Twitter. Photo by Kevin Dietsch/UPI | License Photo
April 9 (UPI) A group of Texans have filed a lawsuit against the state s attorney general, Ken Paxton, accusing him of violating their First Amendment rights by blocking them on Twitter.
Filed Thursday on behalf of nine Texans by the Knight First Amendment Institute at Columbia University and the American Civil Liberties Union of Texas, the lawsuit accuses Paxton of unconstitutionally blocking the plaintiffs who criticized him on the social media platform.
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Two nonprofit organizations sued Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton after plaintiffs said he blocked a handful of Twitter users who criticized his policies.
The Knight First Amendment Institute at Columbia University and the American Civil Liberties Union of Texas filed the lawsuit Thursday in federal court. They are representing nine individuals who lost the ability to view and interact with Paxton s Twitter account, @KenPaxtonTX, following rebukes toward him.
Paxton s behavior was unconstitutional, attorneys for the organizations said, and they are seeking injunctive relief to unblock the users in question. Defendant Texas Attorney General Warren Kenneth Paxton, Jr., ( Attorney General Paxton or Defendant ) uses the @KenPaxtonTX Twitter account for official purposes including to share information with constituents and solicit their views about government policy but he has blocked many people from the account because they criticized him or his polici
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