Trump Files Lawsuit Against Twitter and Facebook That Banned Him

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[Asia Economy New York=Correspondent Baek Jong-min] Former U.S. President Donald Trump has initiated lawsuits against social networking service (SNS) companies that banned his accounts.

On the 7th (local time), former President Trump announced that he filed lawsuits against Twitter, Facebook, Google, as well as Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Facebook; Jack Dorsey, CEO of Twitter; and Sundar Pichai, CEO of Google and YouTube.

Former President Trump began clashing with SNS companies last year by posting on social media about unreasonable COVID-19 responses and refusing to concede the election defeat.

In January, he was banned from SNS for allegedly inciting the storming of the U.S. Capitol. As a result, Trump, who frequently used SNS, was cut off from communication opportunities with his supporters.

Former President Trump stated, "This lawsuit will prove that such censorship is illegal, unconstitutional, and completely un-American," and requested the court to "order an immediate halt to the illegal and shameful censorship."

The state of Florida, where former President Trump filed the lawsuit, passed a law last May allowing politicians whose accounts were suspended or deleted on SNS to sue these companies.

With SNS channels blocked, former President Trump launched a blog called 'From the Desk of Donald Trump' last May, but closed it after failing to attract attention.

This is not the first time former President Trump has waged war against SNS companies. During his tenure, he signed an executive order to limit Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act, which exempts internet companies from legal liability for user-posted content, but President Joe Biden revoked it after taking office.

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