A federal judge in New York has recommended that President Trump Donald John TrumpBiden leads Trump by 36 points nationally among Latinos: poll Trump dismisses climate change role in fires, says Newsom needs to manage forest better Jimmy Kimmel hits Trump for rallies while hosting Emmy Awards MORE start muting critical users on Twitter instead of blocking them in order to resolve a lawsuit filed by Twitter users that Trump has blocked on the site.

Manhattan federal Judge Naomi Reice Buchwald heard arguments Thursday in the lawsuit filed by the Knight First Amendment Institute at Columbia University and seven people who have been blocked by Trump on Twitter, the Associated Press reported Thursday.

Buchwald then encouraged both parties to reach a settlement in the lawsuit, saying she could end up creating new precedent they might not agree with if they don’t do so.

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She also suggested that Trump start muting users that criticize him, allowing them to still see his feed. He would be unable to see their tweets.

Buchwald said that she’ll rule on the lawsuit soon if the parties involved don’t reach a settlement.

The Knight First Amendment Institute, based out of Columbia University, filed the lawsuit against Trump in July on behalf of seven dissenting users who have been blocked by the president on the social media platform.

The center is arguing that Trump blocking users who criticize him “imposes an unconstitutional restriction on their participation in a designated public forum.”

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