#TWEETADDER BANNED FREE#

Legal experts had predicted the lawsuit would fail but suggested Trump would milk it for political purposes. READ MORE: Twitter adds ‘glorifying violence’ warning to Trump tweet The group had sought unspecified damages and class action status on behalf of others removed from the platform. The suit had sought to reinstate Trump’s account, which had roughly 89 million followers, and those of five others who claimed they were also censored by Twitter. He said last week that he wouldn’t rejoin Twitter if given the chance. Trump, who has continued to repeat lies about his 2020 election defeat in speeches, has started his own social network, Truth Social.

#TWEETADDER BANNED FREE#

The deal has raised questions about whether, Musk, a self-described free speech absolutist, would reinstate the former president. The ruling comes as Elon Musk, the world’s wealthiest man, is in the process of purchasing Twitter for $44 billion. The companies cited concerns he would incite further violence.

6, 2021, insurrection, in which his followers violently stormed the Capitol building in an attempt to block Congress from certifying Joe Biden’s presidential win. The platforms suspended Trump after the Jan. READ MORE: Trump says he has no plans to rejoin Twitter after Musk reaches deal to buy platform Trump sued Twitter, Facebook and Google’s YouTube in July 2021, claiming they illegally censored him. “But the comments of a handful of elected officials are a far cry from a ‘rule of decision for which the State is responsible.’ Legislators are perfectly free to express opinions without being deemed the official voice of ‘the State.’” Trump, and ‘the views he espoused,’ to be banned from Twitter because such ‘content and views’ were ‘contrary to those legislators’ preferred points of view,’” Donato wrote. “The amended complaint merely offers a grab-bag of allegations to the effect that some Democratic members of Congress wanted Mr. Free speech rights don’t apply to private companies and Trump failed to show Twitter was working as a state actor on behalf of Democrats, the judge wrote. District Judge James Donato said Friday that Trump failed to show Twitter violated his First Amendment right to free speech. LOS ANGELES (AP) - A San Francisco judge tossed out former President Donald Trump’s lawsuit challenging his permanent ban from Twitter.

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