In a lawsuit filed by lawyers from Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr, the tech giant alleges that Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton violated Twitter's First Amendment rights when he issued an investigation into its content moderation practices days after banning President Donald Trump from the platform.
March 08, 2021 at 09:43 PM
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Litigation editor
The original version of this story was published on The Recorder
Twitter Inc. is asking a California federal court to halt an investigation into its confidential content moderation procedures brought by the Texas Attorney General’s Office after the company banned ex-President Donald Trump from its platform.
Attorneys from Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr are representing Twitter in the complaint against Attorney General Ken Paxton, which accuses Paxton of retaliating against the social media giant for suspending Trump.
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Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton. Photo: Diego M. Radzinschi/ALM
