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Donald Trump announced that he plans to file lawsuits against Facebook, Twitter and YouTube, as well as the CEOs of each company.
Trump and his attorneys, many of whom he said come from the tobacco industry, plan to file the lawsuits in the Southern District of Florida and hope to obtain class action status with each.
Trump announced the legal action at a press conference in Bedminster, New Jersey, promising that the case would lead to a “End of the shadow ban, an end to the silencing and cancellation that you know so well”.
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The details of Donald Trump’s lawsuits
- Trump alleges that tech giants violated his First Amendment rights and even calls Facebook a “State actor” in one of the lawsuits.
- “Our case will show that this censorship is unconstitutional”Trump said, adding that he plans to seek punitive damages from each of the companies.
- The decision to file the lawsuits in Florida may prove an early hurdle for Trump. Both Facebook and Twitter state in their terms of service that any case brought against you must be brought in select California courts.
- Following the January 6 riot in the US Capitol, Twitter and Facebook suspended Trump from their respective platforms.
- The action comes more than two months after Facebook’s Oversight Board said that the company’s suspension of the former president was “appropriate.”
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