US government backs off its bid to get data on visitors to anti-Trump website

Website hoster DreamHost hails a ‘tremendous win’ after a public outcry forces the government to revise its search warrant for the protest site

The US government has backed away from an effort to obtain personal information about 1.3m visitors to an anti-Trump website, following a public outcry over what was widely perceived as a “fishing expedition” for political dissidents.

Federal prosecutors on Tuesday substantially narrowed the scope of a search warrant seeking information related to a website, www.disruptj20.org, that was used to coordinate protests during Donald Trump’s inauguration.

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