US President Donald Trump is not allowed to block critics on his Twitter account, a court has ruled.
A US Federal appeals court made the ruling on Tuesday, with a three-judge panel agreeing Mr Trump would violate the First Amendment when blocking critics.
The ruling came in a case brought by the Knight First Amendment Institute at Columbia University. It had sued on behalf of seven individuals blocked by Trump after criticising his policies.
The appeals court said the First Amendment does not permit a public official using a social media account for "all manner of official purposes" to exclude people from an otherwise-open online dialogue because they disagree with the official.
The ruling comes after Mr Trump publicly criticised Prime Minister Theresa May, calling her Brexit plan a “disaster”.
Mr Trump tweeted on Monday: “I have been very critical about the way the UK and Prime Minister Theresa May handled Brexit. What a mess she and her representatives have created.
“I told her how it should be don’t, but she decided to go another way.”
