SAN FRANCISCO — Litigation is rarely the fastest way to resolve a dispute. But sometimes the threat posed by a lawsuit—and the publicity associated with it—can spur action more quickly than other tactics.

That seems to be in the case in the stand-off between Twitter Inc. and the Department of Homeland Security over the government’s efforts to expose the person or or people behind @ALT_USCIS, one of the so-called “alternative agency” Twitter accounts.

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