Trump Sues Facebook, Google and Twitter

Former US president Donald Trump has filed lawsuits accusing three California-based tech giants of illegally censoring him.

On Wednesday, Trump filed proposed class-action lawsuits in the US District Court in Miami against Twitter, Facebook, Alphabet Inc’s Google (parent of YouTube) and their CEOs.

In the suits, Trump alleges that the social media platforms violated the right to freedom of speech guaranteed by the First Amendment of the US Constitution, and he calls for a court order to end the alleged censorship. 

The 45th president's access to the platforms was restricted after protestors forced their way into the Capitol building on January 6. 

Trump was among the tens of thousands of Twitter users whose accounts were permanently suspended after the unprecedented event. The company accused Trump of glorifying violence.

Facebook banned the once beloved reality TV star from its platform for a period of two years, while YouTube said in March that it is considering reinstating Trump's suspended account.

Commenting on tech companies' banning the former leader of the free world from social media, French finance minister Bruno Le Maire said that big tech was "one of the threats to democracy" and that “the regulation of digital giants cannot be done by the digital oligarchy itself.”

Eduardo Bolsonaro, son of Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro, reflected that a world in which Venezuela’s authoritarian leader Nicolas Maduro is on social media, but Trump is suspended " ..

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