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According to the news article in the other post, it seems the account author identifies him/herself as a gov employee:

"In the suit, Twitter writes that @ALT_uscis has purported to be a dissenting member of US Citizenship and Immigration Services"

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So what? I could claim to be a government official on Twitter; that wouldn't give the government the right to my identity.

Of course it doesn't, I was just talking about why the government may have taken interest in this person, and not on countless other accounts with similar views.

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