Eye-roll time. Former US President Donald Trump is suing Google, Twitter, and Facebook for alleged “censorship.”
Remember when Donald Trump was finally, finally removed from Twitter and Facebook? Good times. Well, not for him, because Trump is clapping back at Google, Twitter, and Facebook through class-action lawsuits.
Trump has announced that he will be suing the three tech-giants for alleged unfair censorship. In an appearance at a conference in New Jersey, he said: “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.”
“Social media has given extraordinary power to a group of big tech giants that are working with government, the mainstream media, and a large segment of a political party, to silence and suppress the views of the American people,” he continued.
Obviously, Trump glossed over why he had been removed from the platforms in the first place. While the former president had always had a knack for ignoring facts and promoting falsehoods, he was especially instrumental in spreading misinformation about the 2020 election, claiming that the voting had been rigged and that illegal votes were being counted (no such thing happened).
While his tweets were flagged by Twitter for misinformation at first, Trump was finally booted from Twitter after the January 6th attack on the Capitol, when Trump supporters stormed the building and things turned violent.
The lawsuits, however, are more or less expected to be thrown out. According to the very First Amendment rights that Trump is claiming a violation of, citizens are protected by government censorship. Facebook, Google, and Twitter do not count as the government.
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Still, it looks like Trump is hopeful about the results of the lawsuit, judging by the fundraising appeal his team sent out.
And there it is: Trump fundraising appeal off his lawsuit already out pic.twitter.com/4KUaokjezH
— Nick Corasaniti (@NYTnickc) July 7, 2021
