President Trump sued for blocking people on Twitter – BBC News

av Mikael Winterkvist | jul 12, 2017 | Notiser

President Trump sued for blocking people on Twitter – BBC News

President Donald Trump has been party to an eye-watering 4,000 lawsuits over the last 30 years, US media say.And now the mogul turned commander-in-chief has attracted one more, after seven people sued him for blocking them on Twitter.Mr Trump is an avid user of the social media forum, whoch he deploys to praise allies and lambast critics.The lawsuit was filed by the Knight First Amendment Institute, a free speech group at Columbia University.The seven Twitter users involved claim their accounts were blocked by the president, or his aides, after they replied to his tweets with mocking or critical comments.People on Twitter are unable to see or respond to tweets from accounts that block them.

Källa: President Trump sued for blocking people on Twitter – BBC News

Russian Oligarch Who Plotted to Aid Trump Was Named in Private Intelligence Dossier

av Mikael Winterkvist | jul 12, 2017 | Notiser

Russian Oligarch Who Plotted to Aid Trump Was Named in Private Intelligence Dossier

IT TOOK FOUR YEARS LONGER than he’d hoped, but on Tuesday the Russian oligarch Aras Agalarov finally succeeded in his aim of using Donald Trump to make his son Emin famous in the United States.The plan was hatched in 2013, when the elder Agalarov paid Trump handsomely to bring his Miss Universe contestants to Moscow, where they were required to swoon in a music video intended to launch Emin’s singing career.

Emin from Russia–a very talented guy. All proceeds go to help the Philippines. @eminofficial #missuniverse http://t.co/Y6TJL7znRD

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 20, 2013

The oligarch even persuaded Trump himself to appear in the video, and arranged for Emin to perform during the pageant’s worldwide broadcast, reportedly dismaying NBC executives.

Källa: Russian Oligarch Who Plotted to Aid Trump Was Named in Private Intelligence Dossier