Date uploaded: 2021-07-07 19:45:24

Donald Trump today said he was suing the top officials of Facebook and Twitter for keeping him off social media.⁠ ⁠ If he follows through, Trump's chances of success in court are slim at best, legal analysts said; Facebook and Twitter are private companies with the right to moderate their platforms.⁠ ⁠ Trump accused those companies of violating First Amendment free speech rights through "censorship" against him and others, "blacklisting" and "canceling" people for political reasons.⁠ ⁠ In a news conference from his golf club in Bedminster, N.J., Trump said his "class-action" lawsuit filed in South Florida targets CEOs Mark Zuckerberg of Facebook, Jack Dorsey of Twitter, and Sundar Pichai of Google and Alphabet.⁠ ⁠ "We are going to hold Big Tech very accountable," Trump said.⁠ ⁠ Click the link in our bio to read more about Trump's threats to sue. #trump #twitter #facebook #zuckerberg #google #doresey #alphabet