Donald Trump files a complaint against Facebook, Twitter, Google and their bosses
After being banned from Twitter and having his Facebook account suspended for two years, the former US president is calling them to account. He announced that he was filing a collective complaint against the tech giants in Florida and denouncing “illegal, unconstitutional censorship”.
Donald Trump demands "the end of the forced silence". Evicted from major social networks since the murderous assault on the Capitol, the former US president announced that he was launching a collective complaint against Facebook, Twitter, Google and their bosses. He accuses them of being responsible for “illegal, unconstitutional censorship”.
"Today, alongside the America First Policy Institute," an organization that promotes Donald Trump's "America First" policies, "I am tabling, as the principal representative, a major collective action in justice against tech giants including Facebook, Google and Twitter, as well as their bosses Mark Zuckerberg, Sundar Pichai and Jack Dorsey, ”the billionaire announced at his Bedminster, New Jersey golf club.
An "illegal, unconstitutional censorship"
These three bosses "implement illegal, unconstitutional censorship," he said in a formal speech, behind a podium where his name was inscribed. Spectators applauded his announcement. "We are asking the Federal Court for the Southern District of Florida to order an immediate end to illegal and shameful censorship by social media groups targeting Americans," he explained.
In June, Facebook announced that Donald Trump would be suspended for two years. The Republican had already been temporarily excluded from the social network on January 7 for having encouraged his supporters during the attack on Capitol Hill in Washington the day before, while he was still president. An unprecedented decision.
Out of control
"There is no better proof that Big Tech is out of control than the fact that they have banned the President of the United States in office" on their platforms, he insisted. “If they can do it to me, they can do it to anyone. And that's exactly what they are doing, ”he said, giving a voice to citizens who also claim to be victims of bans. "We are engaged in a fight that we are going to win," he promised.
The social network Twitter had also ousted him after the murderous assault on the Capitol during the certification ceremony of the victory of his rival Joe Biden, on January 6. Before being banned, Donald Trump had nearly 89 million followers on Twitter, 35 million on Facebook and 24 million on Instagram. "Google and YouTube have erased countless videos that dared to question the judgment of the World Health Organization" during the pandemic, also indignant Donald Trump.
