Former President Donald Trump announced Wednesday that he plans to file lawsuits against Facebook, Twitter and YouTube, as well as the CEOs of each. companys.
Trump announced his intentions at a news conference in Bedminster, New Jersey, promising that the case would lead to "the end of a shadowy ban, the cessation of silence and the cancellation you know so well."
Trump and the lawyersterms of, they plan to file suit in the Southern District of Florida. as he claims the big tech companies violated his First Amendment rights to the US Constitution and even calls Facebook a "state actor." The lawsuit against the CEO of Alphabet Sundar Pichai points to YouTube as the defendant company.
Following the January 6 riots at the US Capitol, Twitter and Facebook banned Trump from access on their platforms.
"We believe that the risks of allowing the President to continue to use our service during this period are simply too great," said Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg at the time.
"Facebook is currently planning to maintain the ban until at least January 2023. Following the decision of the largest social network, Trump called Facebook's actions" an absolute disgrace to our country. "
