{"id":231740,"date":"2021-07-07T18:42:19","date_gmt":"2021-07-07T18:42:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/radiofree.asia\/?guid=7073d4848b3bb490c970514a5a3c7ee9"},"modified":"2021-07-07T18:42:19","modified_gmt":"2021-07-07T18:42:19","slug":"trump-brings-class-action-lawsuit-against-facebook-twitter-for-canceling-him","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/2021\/07\/07\/trump-brings-class-action-lawsuit-against-facebook-twitter-for-canceling-him\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump Brings Class-Action Lawsuit Against Facebook, Twitter for \u201cCanceling\u201d Him"},"content":{"rendered":"\"Former<\/a>

Former President Donald Trump, who has been <\/span>banned from a number of social media platforms<\/span><\/a> over his inflammatory rhetoric both before and after the attack by his loyalists on the United States Capitol building earlier this year, <\/span>is filing class-action lawsuits against YouTube, Twitter and Facebook<\/span><\/a>, alleging he and others were improperly kicked off from those sites.<\/span><\/p>\n

Trump is joining a legal effort <\/span>spearheaded by the America First Policy Institute<\/span><\/a>, a nonprofit organization that focuses on promoting Trump-friendly policies. The class-action suits would allow Trump to include others’ complaints against the social media sites over being \u201cwrongly\u201d banned.<\/span><\/p>\n

Trump was banned from those sites and others<\/span><\/a> because his rhetoric earlier this year was deemed to be dangerous and risked furthering the violence that occurred following the attack on the Capitol building by a mob of his loyalists on January 6, during the certification of the Electoral College. <\/span>Trump is currently being sued himself by a number of lawmakers in Congress<\/span><\/a> over his own actions and rhetoric leading up to that day’s events.<\/span><\/p>\n

As <\/span>Axios <\/span><\/i>pointed out in its reporting on Wednesday<\/span><\/a>, Trump and other critics have not demonstrated any substantive evidence showcasing Facebook or Twitter are biased against conservatives within their policies or how they implement them. <\/span><\/p>\n

“America is under threat from ideologies that are eroding our founding principles,” the America First Policy Institute wrote, somewhat ironically, <\/span>in a Facebook post<\/span><\/a> sharing video of the former president’s announcement. “The American way of life, including federalism, free speech, and the rule of law, are being undermined and distorted in our courts.” <\/span><\/p>\n

The organization, along with Trump and other litigators, “will fight to restore government that is of the people, for the people, and by the people,” it added.<\/span><\/p>\n

“We\u2019re demanding an end to the shadowbanning, a stop to the silencing, and a stop to the blacklisting, banishing and canceling that you know so well,” <\/span>Trump said in his own remarks<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Former President Trump announces class action lawsuit against big tech giants, including Facebook, Google and Twitter: "We're demanding an end to the shadow-banning, a stop to the silencing and a stop to the blacklisting, banishing and cancelling that you know so well." pic.twitter.com\/BXPKcACOj2<\/a><\/p>\n

— CSPAN (@cspan) July 7, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n