Donald Trump was banned from the major online platforms after his supporters stormed the Capitol. He wants to get his accounts back with lawsuits.
The dispute between Donald Trump and social media is picking up speed again. The former US president has announced that he will file lawsuits against Facebook, Twitter and Google ‘as well as their CEOs’ Mark Zuckerberg, Jack Dorsey and Sundar Pichai. The reason he cited on Wednesday at his golf club in Bedminster, New Jersey, was ‘illegal censorship’.
‘There is no better evidence that big tech is out of control than the fact that they banned the incumbent US president,’ Trump said. ‘If you can do it to me, you can do it to anyone. And that’s exactly what they do. ‘
Trump was banned from Facebook and Twitter at the beginning of the year after he had contributed to the violent storming of the Capitol in Washington on January 6, 2021 with allegedly inciting news. Now the 75-year-old demands a quick restoration of his accounts.
The former US president said three separate complaints were filed in the federal court in Miami on Wednesday under Trump’s name. That’s one against each of the three internet giants. Trump’s banning from online platforms was a hard blow to the Republican, who is openly toying with a renewed presidential nomination in 2024. He was able to reach tens of millions of followers directly via Twitter and Co.
Donald Trump banned from Facebook until 2023
Facebook announced in June that it would block Trump’s profile until January 2023. In two years’ time, according to the report, experts will weigh up ‘whether the risk to public safety has decreased’. Google’s video platform Youtube is proceeding in a similar way. Twitter is sticking to a complete ban.
Trump still refuses to admit his electoral defeat against Democrat Joe Biden on November 3, 2020. He spreads the conspiracy theory that he actually won the election and was deprived of a second term through massive electoral fraud.
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Escalation in Washington: The storm on the Capitol in pictures
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Trump repeated his completely unsubstantiated accusation of massive election fraud in front of supporters in the capital Washington on January 6, when Congress wanted to certify Biden’s election victory. Trump called on his listeners to march to the Capitol and ‘fight the hell out of it’.
Radical Trump supporters subsequently stormed the parliament building. Five people were killed in the course of the violence, including a police officer and a Trump supporter who were shot by police.
