Former President Trump will file class-action lawsuits against Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey, multiple outlets reported on Wednesday morning.
Trump will announce the suits later on Wednesday. A class-action suit would allow the former president to sue in behalf of a wide group of people, and Trump will claim that the tech companies censor conservative and right-wing outlets, a source told the Associated Press.
The suit will be backed by the America First Policy Institute, a nonprofit launched by former Trump administration members to advance the former president’s policies.
Trump was permanently banned from Twitter and temporarily banned from Facebook following the January 6 Capitol riot, when Trump supporters breached the Capitol and forced lawmakers to evacuate during the certification of the Electoral College results.
Zuckerberg said on January 7 that Trump would be suspended from the platform because he used it “to incite violent insurrection against a democratically elected government.” Facebook extended the ban last month to at least January 2023.
“At the end of this period, if we determine that there is still a serious risk to public safety, we will extend the restriction for a set period of time and continue to re-evaluate until that risk has receded,” the company said at the time.
In response, Trump hinted at a potential return to the White House.
“Next time I’m in the White House there will be no more dinners, at his request, with Mark Zuckerberg and his wife. It will be all business!” Trump said. The former president reportedly believes he will be reinstated as president sometime this summer.
Source: National Review
