Twitter sued Customs and Border Protection for trying to unmask one of their pseudonymous alt agency accounts. Within 24 hours of Twitter filing the lawsuit, the government withdrew its subpoena. What happened here?

I explain it all: https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/alt-twitter-account-trump-customs-lawsuit

@sarahjeong Given that no Mastodon instance operator will have the funds to mount an effective defence against a nation state, do you think the EFF would be the most likely good samaritan??

Asking for a friend. 😉