Trump files lawsuit against Twitter, Facebook, Google
Former US President Donald Trump has announced he is suing Facebook, Twitter and Google and their CEOs over censorship by the social media giants.
“Our case will prove this censorship is unlawful, it's unconstitutional and it's completely un-American,” Trump said at his golf club in Bedminster, New Jersey, on Wednesday.
The lawsuit, which many maintain is likely doomed to fail, is also supported by the America First Policy Institute, a pro-Trump nonprofit group focused on promoting the former president's policies.
“We’re demanding an end to the shadow-banning, a stop to the silencing and a stop to the blacklisting, banishing and canceling that you know so well,” Trump added.
The decision by Trump come after Facebook announced last month that it has suspended the former president for two years, arguing his praise of protesters who stormed the Congress on January 6 was a “severe violation.”
Twitter and YouTube also followed suit, citing further risk of violence and incitement by the Republican president.
The suspensions, however, did not remain limited to Trump himself. In April, Facebook extended the ban to include the “voice of Trump” after his daughter-in-law and Fox News contributor Laura Trump posted a video of her interviewing the former president.
In March, Facebook also announced that it was removing some ads by Trump's re-election campaign promoting “the Official 2020 Congressional District Census”.
The ads, which asked users to fill out an "Official 2020 Congressional District Census," came from the pages of Trump and his deputy Mike Pence, linking to a survey on an official campaign website and then to a page that asked for donations.
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