Trump Has Sued Facebook, Twitter And Google

 Trump Has Sued Facebook, Twitter And Google

Former United States President Donald Trump has filed a lawsuit against three of the country's largest tech companies, alleging that he and other associates were wrongly targeted for censorship.

 Trump Has Sued Facebook, Twitter And Google

Trump announced the lawsuits against Facebook, Twitter and Google's video platform YouTube and their leaders at a news conference in New Jersey on Wednesday. He is joined by other petitioners in the lawsuit, which is being filed in federal court in Miami.

"We are calling for an end to unannounced and partial censorship, silencing, blacklisting and removal of our content," the former president said.

Under Section 230 of the Communication Politics Act, 1996, social media platforms are permitted to remove in good faith any content that violates the standards and regulations of the Services in order to moderate their services.

The law generally exempts Internet companies from liability for content published by their users.

But former President Trump and some other politicians have long raised objections on Twitter, Facebook and other social media platforms that they have misused the law, which protects the publication of content. This protection must be withdrawn or they must meet the conditions set by the government.

Waiter, Facebook and YouTube blocked the publication of Trump's posts on Jan. 6 after Trump supporters stormed the congressional building, raising concerns that it could fuel violence.

According to the Associated Press, former President Trump has repeatedly made false claims about winning the 2020 presidential election, while state officials, local election officials, his own attorney general and many judges have He said there was no evidence of fraud or forgery in the massive voting, including some judges appointed by him.

Facebook, Google and Twitter declined to comment.

The lawsuit, filed by Trump and other petitioners, alleges that the ban or suspension of these platforms violated the First Amendment, even though the companies are private.

The lawsuit against Facebook and its CEO, Mark Zuckerberg, alleges that they illegally removed Trump from Facebook.

The lawsuit asks the court to compensate them for damages that have not been determined and to reinstate the accounts of Trump and other petitioners by declaring section 230 illegal.

Eric Goldman, a law professor at the University of California, Santa Clara, says Trump's claims will fail. He made the remarks after studying 60 similar claims.

Matt Schwartz, president of the Computer and Communications Industry Association, which includes Facebook, Twitter and Google, says Internet companies have the power to enforce the rules of their services.

 

(Content for this news item was obtained from the Associated Press)