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When it comes to all of the major social media platforms, Twitter is hands down the most liberal in terms of posting explicit material (curse words, nudity, etc).

Still, the popular platform feels that U.S. government is unjustly placing restrictions on their 140-character operation and the company is taking the powers that be to court.

Reports The Washington Post:

With its lawsuit, the San Francisco-based firm is seeking to go further than five other technology companies that earlier this year reached a settlement with the government on the permissible scope of disclosure at a time of heightened concern about the scale of government surveillance.

“It’s our belief that we are entitled under the First Amendment to respond to our users’ concerns and to the statements of U.S. government officials by providing information about the scope of U.S. government surveillance — including what types of legal process have not been received,” Ben Lee, a Twitter vice president, said in a post online. “We should be free to do this in a meaningful way, rather than in broad, inexact ranges.”

Click here to review Lee’s entire argument where he outlines why the “inexact ranges” of their reporting operations need to be made over.

Photo: Twitter