▁District ▁of ▁New ▁York ▁and ▁decided ▁May ▁ 2 3 , ▁ 2 0 1 8 . ▁The ▁pla int iffs ▁are ▁a ▁group ▁of ▁Twitter ▁users ▁blocked ▁by ▁U . S . ▁President ▁Donald ▁Trump ' s ▁personal ▁@ real Donald Tr ump ▁account . ▁They ▁al lege ▁that ▁this ▁account ▁constit utes ▁a ▁public ▁forum , ▁and ▁that ▁blocking ▁access ▁to ▁it ▁is ▁a ▁viol ation ▁of ▁their ▁First ▁Am end ment ▁rights . ▁The ▁law suit ▁also ▁names ▁as ▁defend ants ▁White ▁House ▁press ▁secretary ▁Se an ▁Sp ic er ▁and ▁social ▁media ▁director ▁Dan ▁Sc av ino . ▁ ▁The ▁pla int iffs ▁are ▁represented ▁by ▁the ▁Knight ▁First ▁Am end ment ▁Institute ▁at ▁Columbia ▁University , ▁which ▁itself ▁is ▁a ▁pla int iff ▁in ▁the ▁case . ▁Though ▁the ▁Knight ▁Institute ' s ▁Twitter ▁account ▁has ▁not ▁been ▁blocked ▁by ▁Trump , ▁the ▁law suit ▁arg ues ▁that ▁they ▁and ▁other ▁follow ers ▁of ▁the ▁@ real Donald Tr ump ▁Twitter ▁account ▁" are ▁now ▁dep riv ed ▁of ▁their ▁right ▁to ▁read ▁the ▁speech ▁of ▁the ▁diss ent ers ▁who ▁have ▁been ▁blocked ". ▁The ▁compla int ▁also ▁arg ues ▁that ▁posts ▁to ▁the ▁@ real Donald Tr ump ▁account ▁are ▁" o fficial ▁statements ". ▁ ▁Background ▁On ▁Twitter , ▁blocked ▁users ▁cannot ▁see ▁or ▁respond ▁to ▁twe ets ▁from ▁the ▁account ▁that ▁blocked ▁them . ▁As ▁of ▁July ▁ 2 0 1 7 , ▁the ▁@ real Donald Tr ump ▁Twitter ▁account ▁had ▁ 3